It’ll be fighting for shoulder-room with the second-gen iPad when it goes on sale in early 2011 in the US, as RIM’s said their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will cost “under” $500. It’ll hit other countries from March. [Bloomberg]
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According to a DigiTimes report MSI will release a touch screen tablet in the second half of this year. The tablet hasn’t been named yet, but it is expected to have a starting price of $500. Interestingly, Apple’s just unveiled iPad tablet also starts at $499.
MSI showed off its 10 inch tablet at CES early this year. The device is powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset which will make it capable of handling 1080p HD video playback. Tegra 2 chipsets are also known to get excellent battery life. The MSI tablet will run Google Android. The OS doesn’t support Adobe Flash at the moment but it is working on it.
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