RIM likely to unveil BlackBerry tablet next week
By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 22 September 2010, 15:03 IST   |    1 Comments
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San Francisco: In a bid to compete with Apple's popular iPad, Research in Motion may introduce a tablet computer next week at its developer conference in San Francisco, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The Journal's unnamed sources indicated that the device is not ready for shipping to customers, but will by sometime during the fourth quarter of this year. The report also suggested that the tablet will have a 7-inch touchscreen and one or two built-in cameras. RIM's BlackBerry tablet - sometimes called as the "BlackPad" will not have its own cellular service, users will have to connect through their BlackBerry devices instead. The device will come with a broadband connection, presumably Wi-Fi. The Journal's story reiterates that the tablet won't use RIM's new BlackBerry 6 mobile OS. Instead it will use a new OS from QNX Software, a company RIM purchased earlier this year. The report says the QNX software could eventually replace the software on all RIM smartphones. RIM declined to comment on what it called "rumors and speculations." How much the device will cost is still unknown.

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