Research in Motions (RIM), hotly anticipated Blackberry Playbook tablet is set for release in March 2011, with the device being made available worldwide by June. The device will be largely marketed at the business consumer, but features plenty of non business functions making it suitable for the consumer.

Today, however, there’s official word from RIM that the above is untrue. Speaking to Pocket-lint in a one to one briefing, RIM UK’s Steven Bates said that the tablet will ship in the US during this quarter. Yet it’s still good to see that one of the main competitors of the iPad 2 will be out only a couple of weeks after Apple’s newest tablet.
Other features of this tablet are that it will feature two HD cameras, front and rear facing for conference calling as well as, The device will come with a specifically designed OS from RIM, The Blackberry Tablet OS, Dual core Processors with full support for JavaScript, Adobe products including Flash, HTML5 and WebWorks.










