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"RIM may not be releasing BlackBerry 10 for a while yet, but the company is releasing a new product -\u2013 sort of. \nRIM announced Thursday it would be releasing a new version of the BlackBerry PlayBook, one capable of next-generation super-fast LTE data service, next week.\nThe tablet will launch with a select number of Canadian carriers on August 9 (Rogers, Telus, and Bell), and will be available only from those carriers for the time being.\nThe tablet is headed to other markets such as the United State, and Europe in \u201Cthe coming months,\" says RIM.\nThe LTE-capable tablet is similar to the Wi-Fi version already on the market. The LTE PlayBook will have a 1.5GHz processor \u2013- up from the 1GHz processor in the original PlayBook \u2013- and will have a 7-inch 1024 x 600 screen, 5-megapixel rear-facing and 3-megapixel forward-facing camera.\n\nSEE ALSO: RIM Can Be Successful, Says CEO\nThe original PlayBook was available in both a 16GB and 32GB sizes; however, the company killed off the 16GB version of the tablet in June. The LTE Playbook will only be available in the 32GB size, and will have microSD expansion if you need a little more storage to hold your data.\nRIM has sold less than 2 million PlayBooks so far. No pricing data is currently available for the new version of the tablet.\nWould LTE data tempt you to buy one of these tablets? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.\nBonus: Hands On with Rim BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0\n\n\nHands on with RIM Blackberry PlayBook 2.0\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstalling PlayBook 2 on PlayBook 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlayBook 2 Home Screen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlayBook 2 Multitasking\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAppWorld Drawing Search\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlayBook Folder Creation and Naming\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAppWorld Kids Section\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE-mail Account Set-up\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting Up Messaging Accounts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting Up Twitter Message Handling\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmail Client in PlayBook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContacts in PlayBook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlayBook 2 Calendar\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCalendar Details and Contact Integration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDocument Creation in Word to Go\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeeting Detail in PlayBook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrint To Go 2232012 91522 AM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrint To Go File Management\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFolders in Print to Go\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nplaybooks-facebook-client\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTweeting from PlayBook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlayBook Dock and Folder Management\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWeb Browsing on PlayBook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWeb Search in PlayBook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlayBook Web Browser Reading View\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRacing Game on PlayBook 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTesting VideoChat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPicture Taken with PlayBook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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