Comments on: RIM To Release BlackBerry Tablet Before Christmas 2010?

By: Speculation: RIM planning tablet and touch-screen phone « Communitech Blog

Speculation: RIM planning tablet and touch-screen phone « Communitech Blog — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:10:43 +0000

[...] see this story on BlackBerryCool.com Posted in Waterloo Region Tech Communitech is the hub for the commercialization of innovation, [...]

By: Mike Lazaridis Says Tablets and Touchscreen Phones Are Insignificant | BlackBerry Cool

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:16:20 +0000

[...] of this news comes as we learn that RIM might be launching a tablet of their own, and they are about to launch yet another touchscreen device, this time a BlackBerry [...]

By: shredney

shredney — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:26:24 +0000

I made a comment a while back that I would love to see a netbook (BBPad will do) by RIM, that would be in constant communication with my Blackberry always backing me up and solving the issues of display size. I'll buy it in a minute.

By: shredney

shredney — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:26:24 +0000

By: Duncan Leung

Duncan Leung — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:10:41 +0000

I'm still wondering how a good keypad can be integrated into a tablet. I have this wonky image in my head of a small QWERTY slide-out keyboard like the Droid that will let users type with their thumbs; I told you it was a wonky image =)

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:10:58 +0000

nah i see no use for what i cant fit in my pocket that i haven't already got on my pc… RIM should be concentrating on improving content such as high quality games, applications and more improvements to be done on blackberry cell phone operating systems

By: StrokeOf12

StrokeOf12 — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:03:59 +0000

"That said 9 inches seems a bit big."

That depends on what you are talking about.

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Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:34:32 +0000

[...] Rumors of the BlackBerry tablet. [...]

By: BlackBerryCool Roundup for the Week of April 5th | BlackBerry Cool

BlackBerryCool Roundup for the Week of April 5th | BlackBerry Cool — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:00:24 +0000

[...] in Toronto, Tel Aviv and Buenos Aires RIM Acquire Automotive Infotainment Company QNX Software RIM To Release BlackBerry Tablet Before Christmas 2010? Rogers Now Offering OTA OS Upgrades for the Bold [...]

By: Eric at Ebscer

Eric at Ebscer — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:43:28 +0000

Even before reading the below article about QNX, the first thing that came to mind was an in car system (like Ford and Microsoft's Sync), which have though for a while the BB OS would be great for. That said 9 inches seems a bit big.

Maybe some presentation/display thing? Following the comments and logic from Mike Lazaridis I would doubt that RIM would want to go against the iPad (even more because that has underwhelmed a bit)

By: Arlington_real_estate_guy

Arlington_real_estate_guy — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:19:52 +0000

Hope they don't release it with the haste of Storm 1--a disaster. Storm 2 rocks though pretty well. But even iPad is having connectivity issues that people are scrambling to find work arounds for.

Don't release a product blackberry till it's high quality!

By: bh_hig

bh_hig — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:41:31 +0000

Bah- I swear!, – IF they really do release a tablet BEFORE fixing their damn browser I'll short sell RIM more then I already do.

By: Devils Advocate

Devils Advocate — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:52:41 +0000

I don't want to see an innovative company like RIM chose to release a product just for the purpose of competing with Apple. Sure, Apple didn't create the tablet, but it's hard to argue that the iPad's release won't increase the demand for tablets in general. Let's hope RIM doesn't become a group of wannabes.

On the flip side of the coin, though, I love me some Blackberry and would prefer to use a tablet made by RIM. A well designed one, of course and one that's all the flaws of the original Storm incarnation. Oh, and of course, they NEED to replace their browser first. WebKit, please?

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:40:05 +0000

Yes, I want one.

By: ThaWiz

ThaWiz — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:17:53 +0000

Apple's footsteps?? So we are now giving Apple credit for inventing the tablet?? smh at “general sentiment”

By: Matthias Marquardt

Matthias Marquardt — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:17:25 +0000

wasn't 1'st of April few days ago?

By: Matt Cameron

Matt Cameron — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:14:20 +0000

This reminds me a of when RIM went from pager-sized email device to full-screen email device. Back then mobile email was generally about a paragraph or so of text, making a full portrait screen a bit overkill for what the BlackBerry was designed to do. The new hardware format was a smashing success and is still very similar to the form factor we enjoy today.

I think we might be scratching our heads now about the possibilities of a BlackBerry Tablet; but it'll all make sense when they release a tablet with a physical keypad at the bottom like the kindle (I'm guessing better than kindle). I've been using a paper clipboard for a few years now and it's the ideal format for brainstorming and quick entry around the office. If a BlackBerry tablet can do the same things for me but electronic, I'll welcome it with an open wallet.

By: NobleRodhos

NobleRodhos — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:12:00 +0000

Love the idea of a BlackBerry tablet… I just hope the webkit browser is released before this thing goes into production… it would suck to have that thing with the current browser, that is unless Bolt & Opera end up creating browers forthe “BerryPad”

By: SK Suh

SK Suh — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:22:25 +0000

As much as I like my new Bold 9700 — which just two days ago replaced a wonky Tour 9630 with a seized trackball — I'm not sure that a bad browser on a bigger screen will be RIM's iPad killer.

By: Guillermo

Guillermo — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:20:57 +0000

i don't think so, maybe a touch bb storm2, actually i have a curve.