Everything you want to know about the BlackBerry PlayBook

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Apart from the price. And the battery life (although Dan Dodge told me today "you shouldn't worry about it"; he can't say, but he knows what it is and he's happy. As the head of the QNX team at RIM, Dodge knows a lot more about the PlayBook and he told us quite a bit about it, from some details about the graphics processing to broad hints that there will be a 10" model at some point.

I have to say, I was prepared to be very underimpressed with the idea of a companion tablet and I'm still unsure - but I can't see carrrying a tablet and not having my phone with me, and I don't want to pay for two data plans. And the more I learn about QNX and what they're putting in the PlayBook, the more excited I get about it; I love tablet PC and OneNote, but I think I kind of want one...

Also: BlackBerry goes social with 'super apps'

The newer your BlackBerry, the more apps you use. 75% of App World downlaods are for BlackBerry 5 and 6. Now apps can get really social by hooking into BlackBerry Messenger - and they can be written in HTML 5 and still get all the BlackBerry features...