TECHNOLOGY - Research In Motion (the makers of the BlackBerry) is coming out with a tablet device to serve as a larger-screen companion to its BlackBerry phone, as well as a smartphone with a slide-out keyboard and touch screen. Both devices are set to be released in Autumn 2010.
The BlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider phone, aka the BlackBerry Torch, will be RIM’s first touch-screen and full QWERTY keypad hybrid phone. The tablet device is currently dubbed BlackPad or Cobalt.
The devices will rival Apple’s popular iPhones and iPad, but provide greater functionality. The tablet will also will also be smaller and thinner than the iPad.
Rumours of a RIM tablet have been circulated for months and have now been confirmed. The market for Internet-enabled smartphones is expected to quadruple from 150 million / year to 600 million / year by 2012.
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