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We’ve heard about the BlackBerry tablet supposedly coming to market in November as the BlackPad, and now we have a price point from Taiwanese OEM Quanta. The BlackPad is tentatively priced at $499 US according to rumours, and Quanta will ship two million units this year, and eight million in 2011. Size estimates have ranged from 7 inches to 8.9 inches, but this report is pegging the BlackPad at 9.7 inches, identical to Apple’s iPad.
From what we’ve been able to gather so far, the BlackPad will have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, primarily counting on a BlackBerry smartphone for internet access. Whether it will run RIM’s new operating system with a few tweaks or something completely different is also a total mystery.
Taking on tablets is an ambitious goal for RIM (if it turns out to be true), what with competitors like Palm, Apple, and Google all getting involved with the form factor, but the market for tablets running smartphone OSes is still young with plenty of opportunity.
[AppleDaily via Engadget]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
