The BlackBerry PlayBook is just about the smallest high-profile tablet to come out for 2011. Measuring at 5 x 7.5 x 0.4, the Blackberry PlayBook's sleek design is more along the lines with the Galaxy Tab of 2010 rather than with the current iPad 2 supply breaking into the market for 2011. So far, the Blackberry PlayBook has been the most powerful 7-inch tablet tested on the market today, and the most lightweight design which comes in at under one pound.
The first thing to notice about the Blackberry PlayBook, is the complete lack of clutter in buttons on the front of this device. Like the Motorola Xoom, all of the PlayBook's navigation is handled using on-screen controls. A 0.7-inch grooved ring frames the 1,024x600-pixel-resolution screen for the Playbook, as it is also bordered by a pair of slender stereo speaker grilles. Above the Playbook screen, is a 3-megapixel camera along with a newly designed ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts for screen brightness. When you flip the tablet over you will find another camera, and this one is a 5-megapixel addition that can capture video at 1080p quality.
There are, although, small cracks in the flawless design by RIM for their breakthrough invention for the Tablet PC market for 2011. One problem consumers encountered with the Blackberry Playbook is the power/wake button, which is so small and recessed that some users needed to file down fingernails to use it. When the Playbook is then placed within the extra layer of a case, the power button again was almost impossible to press. It's a real problem to get to these small buttons on the Playbook, especially since the power button is the only means to wake the Playbook screen from sleep.
Syncing media also became a burden for the Blackberry Playbook, this time around, as this is not as easy as the drag-and-drop experience as on an Android device. Instead, when you connect the Blackberry PlayBook to any PC or a Mac, a preloaded installer will pop up and the consumer will have to run through the BlackBerry Desktop software installation. You cannot sync media files to your Blackberry Playbook without this installer software. But, a primary reason to having a Blackberry installer on your PC or Mac, is because the setup on your computer is supposed to maintain a wireless connection to your PlayBook over your home network and allows the user to send files to the device from the virtual drive on your computer.