Tech Junkie: BlackBerry PlayBook

In this March 22, 2011 product image provided by Research In Motion Ltd., the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook is shown. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is just getting started with the release of its tablet computer, the PlayBook. The device packs a vivid touch screen, front and rear cameras and support for Flash videos - a feature lacking in Apple products.

Blackberry PlayBook: Expect the 7 inch PlayBook by the end of Q1 running BlackBerry's new "Tablet OS" with a 1 GHZ dual core processor and 1 GB RAM for multitasking with Flash support. Blackberry calls it "the first professional -grade tablet." It will have front and rear cameras.

Blackberry PlayBook: Expect the 7 inch PlayBook by the end of Q1 running BlackBerry's new "Tablet OS" with a 1 GHZ dual core processor and 1 GB RAM for multitasking with Flash support. Blackberry calls it "the first professional -grade tablet."

LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 06: A worker demonstrates the new BlackBerry Playbook in the BlackBerry booth during the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 6, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs from January 6-9 and is expected to feature 2,700 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 126,000 attendees. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Mike Lazaridis, president and co-CEO of Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM), holds the new PlayBook during the annual BlackBerry developers conference. The PlayBook has a 7-inch screen, making it half the size of the iPad. And unlike the iPad, it will have two cameras, front and back. RIM showed off the tablet for the first time and is set to launch it early 2011, with an international rollout later in the year.