RIM to Launch Blackberry Tablet against iPad

If your tired of tablets already then you’re in for a tough year I’m afraid. Research In Motion, the creator of Blackberry, were caught buying up 8.9 inch screens and later ordering tablets from Foxconn, the largest electronic assembly plant in the world. Again, more rumors, but this would slate the tablet for an attainable late summer early fall launch. It looks like tablets are going to be the new Christmas crazy come 4th quarter.

Its still yet unknown if it will launch with a flavor of the Blackberry OS or if some other open source OS will be used. However, bet your bottom dollar that the tablet will be fully compatible with RIM’s proprietary push technology and software.

RIM’s CEO, Mike Lazaridis, stated his dislike for touchscreen devices. It’s clear, since they were one of the last handset manufacture to deliver a touch screen only device. RIM’s success was built on their full QWERTY keyboard devices and its understandable that they might be a little gun shy. On the contrary they also saw leaps and bounds in adoption when moving to a more consumer and media friendly OS. Not all change is bad.

My hope is that Lazaridis moves the company forward with touch but continues to focus on innovation and reliability that Blackberry has done in the past. The company and slowly fallen behind to the likes of iPhone and Android. A trend that can be broken but not with stale thoughts and a closed mind. As a Blackberry users I’ve slowly been drawn to the likes of Android and iPhone myself. The lack of apps and lackluster web browsing really leaves a bad taste in your mouth as you watch friends and colleges surf away. Here’s hoping they knock one out of the park; whatever it is they’re conjuring up.