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HTC has actually just put up the GSM variant of the 7 Pro on their own website. They've posted the specs and they're a bit of an improvement over the HTC Touch Pro 2. The 7 Pro looks like it will feature a 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen display, a 1GHz CPU, 8GB of internal storage, 576MB of RAM, a 5MP AF camera with a flash and 720p HD video recording, WiFi / Bluetooth support, a 1,500mAh battery, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and it has a 15.5mm thick body because it does have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. This one should be launching on a few carriers in the first quarter of 2011 so all you can do right now is just wait patiently. Check it out on HTC.

[WMPowerUser]

Coming from RIM's own mouth is that their 7-inch BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will be available Q1 2011. That's not all though, they mentioned that this would be Q1 of the calendar year, and since RIM's first fiscal quarter is March this could actually be the same time that the PlayBook will launch. Yes, the PlayBook could be hitting the market in March 2011. Of course, this is assuming everything works out, this includes the software and hardware working together. They're going to do their best to trump the iPad - even though they're still trying to catch up to the iPhone in the smartphone world.

[Engadget]