BlackBerry making 8.9" tablets? - the competition
When the first Apple Tablet (now iPad) rumors hit years ago, I made the little mock-up above as a way of having some fun with our buddies over at CrackBerry.com because there's no way RIM would ever make BlackBerry Tablet, right?
Right?
This week I received a bunch of emails, phone calls and BBMs from industry contacts seemingly out of the blue that were all to the tune of So what's this I hear about a BlackBerry Tablet?! It took a little digging to figure out where this BlackBerry Tablet stuff was coming from all of a sudden, but I got to the bottom of it. The source is from a research firm that specializes in component supply chain information - and the company sent out a brief report this week touting "RIMM to Launch Own Tablet in Late 2010" which got the industry insiders buzzing. The text in the image above that was sent in to us is from that report, which states three sources have confirmed that RIM has placed an order with supplier Hon Hai for 8.9" displays for use in a tablet.
So let's pretend the StormPad is for real, what could they bring to the table to compete with Apple's iPad? BES/BEX/BIS integration and a BBM client are obvious. Full hardware keyboad (BoldPad?) is a possibility. Anything else?
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Hopefully not sure press. I don't know what anyone would use this for : their browser is not good unless they finally get the webkit browser their working on, people can use their phone for email and bbm
If they are ordering 8.9" screens, then a physical keyboard is out of the question.
I think I just barfed in my mouth a little. :lol:
Nothing. BB OS is barely sufficient for smart phones these days. There's no way it'd scale to a tablet. They'd need a built from scratch entirely new OS, so if this is true, it's VERY far off. Otherwise, it'll be the caboose on the suck train.
Really? are u kidding me...what are they gonna do on the "BlackPad" that they wont be able to do on their phones. What are they gonna buy all kinds of apps for it...lol..apps that dont exist...cmon...its really still ridiculous to have a big iTouch let alone a big Blackberry which already lacks apps as it is...
Looks like something from the Flintstones!
This is a company that badly needs a breakout handset so they don't have to offer 2 for 1's on Verizon and they're thinking that they need a tablet? 80% of their customers want to bolt to Apple or Android and they're wasting cycles on a tablet? Sure, smart way to bet the company. I wonder which of their co-CEO's believed in this concept. When it's all said and done they may be left with one CEO.
If BB makes a tablet, I predict it will be the biggest flop since the Palm Folio.
This is just a stupid as the Ipad...everything you can do on the Ipod you can do on the Ipad. Someone said everything you do on the blackberry you can do on the Blackpad.
But yet you idiots still go out and buy the ipad...LOL
Is this serious or is this a post April Fool's joke?
Apple should just buy rimm and use their notification system
Too late for April Fool's, but Occam's Razor provides the answer: this got's to be bogus. They may well get the WebKit browser together but the only way they have an OS or any sort of app presence is if they marry their server tech to some licensed OS . . . and while a RIM/Google or RIM/Microsoft (RIM/Palm?) alliance in the face of the iPad isn't out of the question, you have to think we would have heard something about it before RIM started ordering the hardware. Any clue how many screens they were supposed to have ordered?
Well if they want to kill the company faster, this will be the shot to the head it need to die.
Blackberry's browser blown up to fill a 8.9" screen- complete with jog dial navigation!
Look at the top of the picture, the ear phone speaker is stretched across the entire top of the thing. Its a Photoshop...LMAO!! Look at the touch screen menu, some things are doulbed..This is funny.
He said in the intro it's a mockup he made you tard.
This is funny actually because Blackberry can barely make a decent phone OS wise much less a Tablet style device. Their OS is pure junk and their Storm (touchscreen) is an absolute JOKE. I can't wait to see this device, I really cant!
@Gregg:
Look at the screen where it's clearly labeled "TiPb.com TabletBerry Concept"! :roll:
Not gonna happen folks, at least not for a while. CX on Crackberry (RIM device tester) has made this clear.
I don't get it. RIM doesn't make computers. they make cell phones. so is this a 9 inch cell phone? i don't see that point in competing with apple and attempting to make a similar product, but worse. instead of putting all their resources into this thing they should be working on protecting and gaining market share in the cell phone industry. their long overdue for an earth shattering phone.
This look pretty stupid, it's not a very good idea, they should just stick with what they have right now, it'll pretty much just be a big BlackBerry phone. Utterly useless.
may BlackBerry and release tablet, but certainly not with this picture
I really wish people would jump off the touch screen bandwagon. I have no interest in an iPod, iPad or iPhone. The reason I have my blackberry is because it's a smartphone that offers similar services (though less apps) without the annoyance of a touch screen.