BlackBerry PlayBook:

• 7-inch LCD, 1024 x 600, capacitive touch screen
• 1 GHz dual-core processor
• 1 GB RAM
• Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording
• Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
• Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
• HDMI video output
• Wi-Fi – 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Measures 130mm x 193mm x 10mm

Apple iPad:

• 9.7-inch LCD, 1024 x 768, capacitive touch screen
• 1 GHz processor
• 256 MB RAM
• Video playback: up to 720p, 30 fps, H.264, MPEG-4, .mov
• Audio playback: MP3, HE-AAC, AAC
• Wi-Fi – 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Measures 189.7mm x 242.8mm x 13.4mm

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RIM BlackBerry Bold 9780 offers many of the same specs seen on the 9700 such as the 2.44-inch screen (480×360 pixels) and a 624MHz processor. The changes include an upgrade to a 5MP camera and a doubling of RAM to 512MB. The Bold 9780 has an optical trackpad, QWERTY keyboard, 2GB media card, BlackBerry 6 OS with WebKit browser and support for HSDPA, UMTS and EDGE networks.

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Looks wise, the BlackBerry Pearl 3G isn’t in the same class as the Bold 9700, which has a metallic finish, full Qwerty keyboard and a larger screen.
As with other new models in the Blackberry line, the new Pearl has an optical trackpad instead of a trackball, and a 3.5mm headphone socket has been added.

The BlackBerry Pearl 3G, like the Bold 9700, has a remarkably sharp screen and while it may only be 2.25-inches in size it is more than adequate for browsing the web, reading emails and using apps. Web browsing is surprisingly good, despite the cramped screen: when a page first loads, the cursor changes to a zoom tool until you’ve zoomed in to a readable distance, and then it changes to a normal cursor for navigating around the page and clicking links.

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RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet won’t be reaching the market until 2011, but the company has shared a few more hardware details at the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition this week. The PlayBook will be available in a 64GB version as well as the 16GB and 32GB models already confirmed, and use a 5,300 mAh battery.

More Smartphone Buyers Choose Android Over iPhone. In the past 6 months, smartphone buyers in the U.S. were more likely to choose Android powered devices over any others.

Software aside, Android powered hardware is as diverse as it is impressive.

Android phones range from affordable models suitable for families with kids to high-powered, 4-inch, 8-megapixel superphones fit to satiate the geekiest of gadget fiends .

All of those reasons, coupled with network diversity and relative affordability, have catapulted Android phones to a leading position for new gadget-buyers this year.

Data from Nielsen shows that despite a successful launch for the iPhone 4, Android devices still rose to capture 32% of the market of new smartphone buyers between January and August 2010.

Now, that’s not to say that Android is the number-one mobile OS just yet. While it’s popular as a choice for new devices, the iPhone predated Android phones by a few years, and Android phones didn’t truly become competitive with iPhones until recently.

For all smartphones, Android still holds third place (behind iPhone and BlackBerry); however, these numbers are likely to shift, given consumer purchasing trends.

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BlackBerry with the codename Gemini have been organization around the interwebs since early on 2009, evolving slightly with each new blog post made about it. After a number of back and forth on gadget model, the prevailing thought on what has been now named the BlackBerry 8520 is that would it would be a new “low end” EDGE-only addition to the popular Curve line. In other words, the Curve 8520 was not something to get too excited about.

However, this changed after seeing the primary live shots of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 surface this past week, which showed off a slick looking device with the conventional trackball replaced in favor of an optical one… the “Gemini” was officially now a device we couldn’t wait to learn more about. And good news – it didn’t take us long to get our CrackBerry-addicted hands on one. So grab a bevvy, sit back, and read on to see plenty of photos, a video and our initial impressions on the newest Curve.

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