Two additional PlayBooks

Posted Feb 14, 2011 05:26:50 PM.

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BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has announced two additional PlayBook tablets for faster, advanced wireless networks.

The Waterloo-based tech giant revealed at an industry conference in Spain that it will launch two additional tablets later this year to support fourth-generation networks suited to video streaming and high amounts of data.

RIM is expected to have its first PlayBook computer tablet out this spring and will be competing with Apple’s iPad and Android-powered tablets.

The company has announced a family of tablets to run on a variety of fourth-generation networks that will also work on short-range Wi-Fi networks.

RIM is exhibiting at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, a major show featuring the latest developments in mobile communications.

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