BlackBerry PlayBook to go on sale by March 2011

A RIM representative has let slip that the BlackBerry PlayBook will go on sale by the end of Q1 2011.

Gregory Wade, regional VP for Asia Pacific of RIM, told Digitimes that RIM's tablet offering will first be available to the US market.

The PlayBook will then go on sale in the rest of the world shortly after.

The BlackBerry PlayBook features video conferencing, a Flash-enabled browser, a 7-inch screen, two cameras and HDMI support.

RIM's tablet will run on QNX.

The PlayBook will apparently be beaten to the market by Apple's iPad 2, due for launch in February 2011.