More
    HomeIn MediaComputers"BlackPad” BlackBerry tablet due 2011?

    “BlackPad” BlackBerry tablet due 2011?

    RIM are the latest company to be connected with a potential iPad-rival tablet, though going by BBLeaks’ information you probably shouldn’t hold your breath for its arrival.  According to an unnamed source, they’re claiming RIM are
    working on a BlackBerry tablet codenamed “BlackPad” or possibly “Cobalt”, that will be smaller and thinner than the iPad but have “full BlackBerry OS compatibility and functionality.”

    bb_storm2
    That’s not, they hint, the same as running BlackBerry OS as we currently know it, and it seems there’s plenty of time for RIM to polish up an alternative better suited to a larger display.  BBLeaks don’t expect it to arrive anytime
    in 2010, and in fact they’re predicting it will make its debut at WES 2011, in roughly twelve months time.

    Of course, there’s no evidence beyond their source, but it would surprise us if RIM weren’t at least looking at the possibility of a tablet in their future.  As we’ve seen with Microsoft’s Courier, just because a company pumps research,
    money and staffing into a product, it doesn’t mean that device will ever actually reach store shelves.

    Via : Slash Gear

    David Novak
    David Novakhttps://www.gadgetgram.com
    For the last 20 years, David Novak has appeared in newspapers, magazines, radio, and TV around the world, reviewing the latest in consumer technology. His byline has appeared in Popular Science, PC Magazine, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Electronic House Magazine, GQ, Men’s Journal, National Geographic, Newsweek, Popular Mechanics, Forbes Technology, Readers Digest, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Glamour Magazine, T3 Technology Magazine, Stuff Magazine, Maxim Magazine, Wired Magazine, Laptop Magazine, Indianapolis Monthly, Indiana Business Journal, Better Homes and Garden, CNET, Engadget, InfoWorld, Information Week, Yahoo Technology and Mobile Magazine. He has also made radio appearances on the The Mark Levin Radio Show, The Laura Ingraham Talk Show, Bob & Tom Show, and the Paul Harvey RadioShow. He’s also made TV appearances on The Today Show and The CBS Morning Show. His nationally syndicated newspaper column called the GadgetGUY, appears in over 100 newspapers around the world each week, where Novak enjoys over 3 million in readership. David is also a contributing writer fro Men’s Journal, GQ, Popular Mechanics, T3 Magazine and Electronic House here in the U.S.

    Must Read