The BlackBerry PlayBook was unveiled in September this year. 3G posted an article at this time covering the launch, its features and the specification details. This can be viewed here.

The video above shows the BlackBerry PlayBoook running live for the FIRST TIME in public. This shows Chief Executive Officer Mike Lazaridis of Research In Motion ( RIM ) who talks about the PlayBook whilst at the Adobe Max conference.

During the video, Mike Lazaridis runs through the BlackBerry PlayBook's multimedia capabilities (including web based videos using Adobe Flash), multitasking and the eUnity healthcare application.

The PlayBook is forecast to launch early next year and has a 7 inch capacitive touchscreen, 3 megapixel HD camera ( front facing ), 5 megapixel HD camera ( rear facing ), 1GHz dual-core processor. The full spec can be viewed here.