Tim Stevens at Engadget:

A five megapixel cam­era peeks out the back, while a three megapixel unit han­dles front-facing duties. That one is tucked under the glass and sit­u­ated just above the seven-inch, 1,024 x 600 dis­play that will threaten nei­ther rods nor cones when on max­i­mum bright­ness. It does, how­ever, deliver great clar­ity and excel­lent view­ing angles.

I would have thought there’d be a bit more about the dis­play on the PlayBook since the sin­gle most impor­tant suc­cess fac­tor for a tablet, in my hum­ble opin­ion, is the dis­play. The 1024×600 pixel for­mat on the 7-inch PlayBook is weak. Yes, I know even the mighty Samsung Galaxy Tab has the same num­ber of pix­els, and the king of tablets, the iPad, doesn’t have much more. But, can’t we move beyond 1024×600 to some­thing like 1280×720 on a 7-inch? For some 1:1 720p HD good­ness? I’m sure it’s pos­si­ble, but I’m not sure why no one’s com­ing out with one. The PlayBook is on-par in terms of res­o­lu­tion with the rest.

I guess Stevens is try­ing to say that bright­ness isn’t all that bright on the PlayBook? If so, like all other LCD-based tablets, play­ing out in the sun isn’t in the books (I try). But what does “great clar­ity” mean? Don’t all LCDs have clar­ity? And then view­ing angles: what is con­sid­ered excel­lent? And what about touch/multitouch responsiveness?

We’ll have to wait and see for some­one else to do a more thor­ough review on the PlayBook’s most impor­tant asset: the dis­play. To sum­ma­rize it seems the dis­play on the PlayBook is: not bad.