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Blackberry Playbook release date announced19 May 2011 17:30:48

A UK release date for Research in Motion's (RIM) Blackberry Playbook tablet has been announced.

Seen as a possible rival to Apple's dominant iPad tablets, the device is due hit UK retailers on June 16th and is available now to pre-order.

The Playbook comes with three different onboard storage options of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB.

However, unlike the iPad it comes with a MicroSD card slot, meaning the storage can be extended with memory cards.

RIM has also unveiled pricing for the device, which will go on sale at £399 for the 16GB version, £479 for the 32GB model and £559 for the 64GB, making it broadly the same as the iPad.

Other specifications include a seven-inch touch-screen, a 1GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM is also the industry standard .

It also comes with a five-megapixel rear camera as well as a front-facing three-megapixel lens. abd supports both Wi-Fi and 3G. 

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