It looks like we might have spoken too soon. At this year’s BlackBerry DEVCON, the possibilities are endless for Research In Motion. They have plenty of pent-up rumors and speculation being thrown around. Most of that around the BlackPad, the first tablet from the house that built BlackBerry. And, sure enough, RIM is working on a tablet device. It’s not called the BlackPad, though. It’s called the PlayBook, and it is indeed the BlackBerry tablet.
RIM's DevCon 2010 BlackBerry event kicks off today, and SlashGear will be bringing you all the news direct from the show. Expected to be announced is the upcoming tablet-centric build of the company's OS, but according to BGR's sources there won't be any specific hardware demonstrated or even unveiled.
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Today was a busy day in the news business, so hopefully you managed to keep up. With that being said, welcome to The Daily Slash, the last little bit before we all wind down. As usual, we'll capture one story that's interesting enough to make the cut, as well as wrap up the news from around the R3 Media Network. So let's get right into it.
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The life of BlackBerry's BlackPad, the mysterious tablet device the Waterloo-based company is supposedly working on, has been a roller coaster so far. Even the last update, with RIM filing a trademark application for the name SurfBook adds more mystery to the whole situation. But, if some sources are to be believed, then it looks like House that Built BlackBerry is all set to stat announcing the tablet, and it could be as early as next week.
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Rumors about the forthcoming tablet from BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) over the last few months have managed to keep things interesting, especially considering the name that RIM has reportedly chosen for their first tablet device. But, with a new trademark filed with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), BlackPad may not be the only name we see the company's tablet device flying with around the world. Either that, or something else altogether from the company is also on the way.
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In a new report from Forrester, we've got some pretty common sense revelations. The new report from Sarah Rotman Epps, suggests that while the iPad is wildly successful, that also means that plenty of new competitors are on the way. What's more, most of those competitors are trying to jump on Apple's success of the word "pad," and infusing it with their own tablet titles. We've all heard of the BlackPad, after all -- and Forrester believes there will be plenty more in the future.
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Time files we you are having fun, it's time again for another Week in Review. Some details of the coming Samsung Galaxy Tab surfaced in a new firmware update this week in Europe. The details point to the Android tablet having a 480 x 800 resolution screen, two cameras, and an ARM11 CPU.
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For the Canadian-based Research In Motion, the release of the BlackBerry Torch on AT&T was meant to signify a departure from the norm that RIM has been so connected to over the years. And while the Torch, and its Operating System (BlackBerry 6), may indeed be different for the company as a whole, it wasn't as revolutionary as many thought it would be. Perhaps that change is coming in their first tablet endeavor, the BlackPad, with the latest rumors suggesting that RIM isn't going to use BlackBerry 6, but instead go a different route.
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Definitely one for the rumor-mill, but DownloadSquad claim to have heard from a source that HTC are building Google a Chrome OS tablet that will launch on the Verizon network in the US on November 26th. That's a Black Friday launch, leading to speculation that Verizon will couple the slate with some seriously subsidized pricing so as to lure in would-be iPad buyers.
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The RIM "BlackTab" BlackBerry tablet will apparently be manufactured for the Canadian company by Quanta, with production expected to ship in September 2010 according to DigiTimes. Expected to be priced at $499, it will have both WiFi and Bluetooth, the latter used to tether with a BlackBerry smartphone and access the handset's 3G mobile connectivity.
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We all love a good mystery, and a big black box with a combination lock on it certainly qualifies. AT&T has apparently been sending such boxes out to their retail stores, complete with the label that they're "Hero Fixture Launch Kits" and to be opened when instructed by the store manager only.
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Soon, Microsoft will launch an iPad killer. I know this because Steve Ballmer made some comments about how Microsoft doesn’t like to see rival Apple stealing the show with their tablet, and the Microsoft CEO claims the company will have an answer to Apple’s product soon. So, CNN emblazons its home page with a declaration that an iPad killer from Microsoft is on the way.
