The new Black Eyed Peas video to their song “The Time (Dirty Bit)”, from their forthcoming album titled The Beginning, dropped today – with the also forthcoming Blackberry Playbook tablet making it’s acting debut!

Seeing the Playbook ‘in action’, it becomes very apparent to me, that the Playbook – with it’s 7 inch 1080p HD screen, is going to be a much more “portable” computing device than it’s iPad nemesis.

 

While the 10.1 inch screen found on the iPad may be better suited for classroom use, or use as a wall-mounted TV for a kitchen, I am predicting Blackberry’s tablet is going to run away with the prize for portability, and become very popular with people on-the-go. Apple already proved to us with the third generation iPod Nano, that a smaller screen is not necessarily a deal breaker – if impressive resolution, response, and contrast are all present.

Add support for Adobe Flash, Adobe Air, and HTML5 rich media, to a 7 inch full 1080p display, and I think we are going to see a device that addresses everything people complained about in the first generation iPad. I will but my money where my mouth is, that Research In Motion is going to raise the bar on tablet computing.

With the phrase “tablet computer” becoming all the hype these days in the wonderful world of consumer electronics gadgetry, the Apple vs. Blackberry rivalry is heating up to become as important to pop culture as Coke vs. Pepsi, Vampires vs. Werewolves, or even Wile E. Coyote vs. the Roadrunner.

Blackberry Playbook

 

With both camps bringing already fanatically loyal fan bases to the table, what is going to be interesting is, seeing if the Playbook will have what it takes to make the Apple fanboys take notice and say “Hey! Now that’s fucking cool – I want one!”