Blackberry users could possibly be less than over joyed with the number of game titles available for their mobile phone. Besides the widely used Brickbreaker which arrives preloaded with the phone, gaming on the Blackberry is nearly nonexistent.

Match it up to iPhone with owners who may have had online games open to them for a long time now; the Blackberry continues to be lacking. Not too long ago Apple released the iPad (they will soon release the iPad 2), a small touch screen personal computer that has a bigger screen ideal for gaming on the run. RIM, producers of the Blackberry, have countered Apple by launching their cool product the Playbook.

RIM offers the upper hand on Apple by releasing the BlackBerry Playbook nearly the full year later than the iPad, plus they made sure to take advantage of the specific situation. Howver, as mentioned Apple will hit back with the iPad 2.

The Playbook features a 1Ghz dual core processor chip, an Open GL enabled graphics card competent at 2D and 3D gaming, 1 GB of RAM, as well as the new Blackberry Tablet OS that is able to take full advantage of the hardware. Many companies are excited over the prospects of developing games for the Playbook that could have a high resolution 7″ screen.

The machine will also be capable of recording and playing hd videos. Not only will developers have the necessary hardware to develop stunning games, the system has the hardware and screen to show off the beautiful details.

By offering Open GL support, the Playbook will be more powerful than any of the handheld units on the market. This may give builders a chance to produce more visually powerful video games for your platform, as they can make use of the Open GL library. Open GL has been used by a amount of game developers both big and small, to create beautiful games.

Despite the fact that Apple’s iPad is able to supporting Open GL games, it does not come close to having the effectiveness of the Playbook. Games will be downloaded from the Blackberry App store, and it is expected that there will be a number of free Playbook games once the device is released.

This means that game titles on the Playbook, whether they are 2D or 3D will not only have better graphics, but will also be more immersive.