Rumors Confirmed: RIM Announces the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet, Available August 9th

I have to admit, I like seeing RIM fighting for their survival. This tablet is obviously what the PB should have been on first release, but interesting to see none the less. I do wonder if their "wifi only" models, i.e.- leftover stock will still be selling for a competitive price. With the new OS, and most android apps now being ported over, this could actually gain a little traction for them. It be nice to see anyway....

Even with android apps being ported over there aren't too many apps currently available that work flawlessly. I have a few and some of them are problematic sometimes. I recently got an android phone so I might root that to get the apk files for the files and then port them myself over to my playbook, haven't decided yet whether I want to take the leap of rooting my phone though.

I too wonder if one could get android running on these tablets (if not 4.0, at least 3.0). That would make those older wi-fi only models very attractive.

@Karanm rooting your phone will be comfortable or painful, depending on the phone (and how much documentation is available from those who have successfully rooted). The Samsung galaxy series, from a friend's experience, are not too bad, and can be more or less painlessly recovered even after bricking. I'm not so brave either (yet).

RImm has been struggling hardcore but its hard to say blackberry's are dead. they have a die hard following and with that kind of loyalty its almost impossible to fade away.

I have an HTC One X, and I've found some links on how to do it but yea just need the time and courage to do it.

Hey Karanm go to XDA you should find a walk through for it I use Android Revolution HD and it works flawless. I have tried a lot of ROM's but Revolution seems to be the most stable I have found yet in any version (this (HD) is one of the ICS ones) of which I have used several ICS one but could never get one with an included Radio that worked flawlessly in the package.

Thanks,

I've bookmarked the site and will give it a better look very soon.

My brother bought the first playbook and couldn't believe how long it took them to make a sequel, kudos blackberry we are rooting for you.

Unfortunately I missed their incredibly cheap sale last year for the $99 16gb version. I noticed a slight price drop at my local BestBuy however down from $199 to $179.99 for the 16GB Wifi only version.