RIM(Research In Motion) este compania din spatele arhicunoscutului terminal business BlackBerry care in ultimii ani a cazut prada popularitatii terminalelor dotate cu iOS si Android OS. In incercarea de a recastiga macar o parte din cota de piata pierduta in fata celor de la Google si Apple, RIM a anuntat ca saptamana viitoare va oferi primele informatii oficiale in legatura cu propria internet tablet ce s-ar putea numi BlackPad. Lunea viitoare incepe DevCon, o conferinta anuala dedicata developerilor de aplicatii pentru BlackBerry si cei de la Wall Street Journal sustin ca RIM ar putea prezenta tableta BlackPad chiar in cadrul acestei conferinte.
The tablet, which some inside RIM are calling the BlackPad, is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of this year, these people said. It will feature a seven-inch touch screen and one or two built-in cameras, they said. It will have Bluetooth and broadband connections but will only be able to connect to cellular networks through a BlackBerry smartphone, these people said. Since the tablet won’t be sold with a cellular service, it’s not clear which carriers or retailers will sell the device. In a significant development, RIM’s tablet will eschew the recently revamped BlackBerry 6 operating system in favor of a completely new platform built by QNX Software Systems, these people said.
Se presupune ca noua tableta va avea un OS nou produs de o terta firma, insa deocamdata acestea sunt doar zvonuri si ramane de vazut ce/daca RIM va prezenta ceva interesant saptamana viitoare. Eu imi doresc sa se lanseze cat mai multe internet tablets deoarece concurenta ii va face pe cei de la Apple sa ne ofere din ce in ce mai multe functii noi pentru a se mentine in top.
