RIM unveils 7″ PlayBook with 1GB Ram and 2 HD cameras

Research in Motion has announced the “PlayBook,” a 7-inch multi-touch tablet. We are still to see how it performs in the wild but some technical aspects of it are impressive:

• 7-inch LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
• BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
• 1 GHz dual-core processor
• 1 GB RAM
• Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording
• Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
• Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
• HDMI video output
• Wi-Fi – 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
• Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
• Ultra thin and portable:
• Measures 5.1”x7.6”x0.4” (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)
• Weighs less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g)

More specs to be shared on or before the date this product is launched in retail outlets. RIM intends to also offer 3G and 4G models in the future.

Browser Stats May 2010

May 2010

Data is provided by w3counter.com

US mobile market trends- Smartphone usage stats

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MS to offer Alternative Browsers to European Users

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Top 10 Internet Languages

According to internetworldstats.com most used languages on the internet are English, Chinese, and Spanish. Most quickly growing language is Chinese, which gained some 1087% during last decade. Spanish raised by 650% and English by 237%.

Apple App Store vs Wholesale Apps Community

The world’s leading telecommunications operators and device manufacturers are launching an open global alliance (more…)

Display resolution statistics January 2010

Based on latest data from w3schools 76 % of users surf the web with their motor set to resolution higher than 1024×768, which is currently accepted minimum standard for web site designers. (more…)

Jobs: “No one will be using Flash. The world moves to HTML5″

At a recent Town Hall meeting with Apple employees Steve Jobs made it clear that Flash is not coming to iPhone or iPad. (more…)

Unicode is used in almost 50% of Internet Documents

Good News! According to Google Unicode is used on almost half of the Internet pages, wich makes it a global text encoding of choice. Google uses version version 5.2 of Unicode, which represents wide range of characters from Egyptian Hieroglyphs, to most of living languages including Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese and Zulu.

ASCII once dominating the web is down to 20% and it is probably pages that have not been updated in last several years.

Apple Tablet Confirmed by The Wall Street Journal

It is almost certain a new device is going to be unveiled next week. We’ve heard many name variations such as iSlate and iPad –both are Apple’s registered trademarks– Apple Tablet, etc. It seems like Apple’s plans are big this time; they aim to re-shape the publishing industry (which is in an apparent crisis) as they once re-shaped the digital music industry with iTunes and iPod. Making it easier for people to access media content for an affordable price has proved to be successful. Here is a short recap of what we know so far:

• Apple has been discussing with book, magazine and newspaper publishers possible ways of cooperation.
• NYT Chairman Arthur Sulzberger, when asked about the new devices, said  “stay tuned”.
• Orange Chief confirms Apple Tablet With Built-In Webcam
• Apple has been negotiating with TV networks CBS, Walt Disney and ABC for a monthly subscription service.
• There have been rumors that Apple is going to work with Electronic Arts to position the new device as a gaming platform.
• The device will have a web camera and be capable of live web streaming
• Apple has been promoting an idea of backing-up users music online and accessing it on an connected device. This also supports the recent Lava acquisition. Its technology may very well find its way to iTunes 10.
• Apple’s new $1 billion data centre in North Carolina is under construction. MobileMe will most probably have a major upgrade, possibly the “Mobile iTunes” version, and as the name suggests, possibly other things related to “Me”.

Nowhereelse.fr has obtained what it says may be a video of the long-rumored Apple tablet. Whatever it is, it looks pretty cool already:

Last year, Apple’s focus shifted from computer production to content delivery. The turning point was dropping “Computers” from the company name. Since then their devices are just one unified platform that makes it easy to delivery content to end user. And, this strategy pays off very well.