Research in Motion has taken to YouTube to compare its recently unveiled PlayBook tablet with the leading iPad from Apple. After RIM CEO Jim Balsillie last week said its tablet would beat Apple on price, now the Canadian BlackBerry maker now has a video claiming to show web browsing on the PlayBook is faster than the iPad.
The video, showing the PlayBook loading pages at a faster clip and with complete Adobe Flash support, reminds one of an earlier showdown between Apple’s iPhone 4 and RIM. Earlier this year, Apple briefly posted a video on its website hoping to illustrate the iPhone 4’s much-discussed troublesome antenna was actually a problem shared by other major handset makers, including the BlackBerry. After a storm of complaints from its rivals, Apple quickly removed the video, instead announcing a free bumper program.
The PlayBook appears to be the first major challenge to the iPad (although one wag points out the iPad beats the PlayBook hands-down in at least one area: you can buy the iPad.) While analysts believe Apple will own the tablet market this year, Android-powered rivals have set their sights on the iPad. Among the potential competitors: Lenovo’s LePad, Dell’s Streak, and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab.
[via Fortune, BusinessInsider]
