RIM, the Canadian-maker of the popular Blackberry smartphone, is to unveil a tablet computer next week aimed at business users, according to reports on Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal and technology news site ZDNet.
The device, which is expected to be launched at a RIM developer conference, will mark a new challenge to the dominance of Apple’s iPad in the tablet computer market, coming as Samsung, Dell and Motorola all prepare similar devices that run on the increasingly popular Android operating system made by Google.
The BlackPad is likely to leverage Blackberry’s popularity among business users, but will feature a separate operating system from that device. Though Apple has scored huge successes among consumers with its iPhone and iPad, the devices have been somewhat less popular among business users because of the tight control Apple exerts over all aspects of the devices’ functions.
The Journal reported that the BlackPad would be available before the end of the year and feature a 7-inch (15.4-centimetre) screen, one or two cameras, and the ability to connect to the internet by tethering to a nearby BlackBerry handset. It will also come with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities and will feature a new operating system made by QNX Software Systems, a company which RIM bought in April for $200 million.
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