At Max one of the most interesting announcements was around the BlackBerry PlayBook.   The new device presents a slick 7'' screen and is packed with a 1GHz dual core processor and 1GB of RAM. The device will run BlackBerry's Tablet OS and come stocked with developer's favorite runtimes. Those include Open GL, WebKit, SMP, Adobe Flash, Java, and Adobe AIR.

For us Flash developers, the most important specs are that the device will ship with Flash 10.1 and with Adobe Air 2.5. This means all Flash content on the web will be viewable via the latest WebKit. And Flash developers can take advantage of the Blackberry Tablet OS SDK and a Flash Builder plugin to create ActionScript based projects. The SDK seems to be a custom version of the Flex 4 SDK, but from what I understand, they do not recommend you use the Flex 4 component set. BlackBerry has created their own core set of ActionScript components for general use and to assist with developing custom components that are performante on the device.  

The SDK does support Flex's resource bundles, which means, your application can take advantage of internationalization. This is an important feature considering  the PlayBook will be released in multiple countries in 2011.