RIM unveils PlayBook tablet to compete with iPad
Research In Motion unveiled a tablet computer on Monday that it hopes will leapfrog Apple's iPad with its potential for social networking, media publishing and corporate uses.
The tablet, named BlackBerry PlayBook, has a seven-inch (18 cm) screen and dual facing cameras. It has WiFi and Bluetooth but needs to link with a BlackBerry smartphone to access a cellular network.
Image: This product image provided by Research In Motion, shows the new Playbook.
The tablet, named BlackBerry PlayBook, has a seven-inch (18 cm) screen and dual facing cameras. It has WiFi and Bluetooth but needs to link with a BlackBerry smartphone to access a cellular network.
Image: This product image provided by Research In Motion, shows the new Playbook.
Shares of RIM spiked 2 percent before paring gains slightly in after-hours trade following the announcement, made at the company's annual developers' conference in San Francisco.
The Waterloo, Ontario-based company has recently struggled to impress investors and analysts, who mostly shrugged off the August launch of its Torch smartphone and fret about eroding support among its core corporate clientele.
Image: The PlayBook is displayed at the BlackBerry developers conference 2010 in San Francisco
The Waterloo, Ontario-based company has recently struggled to impress investors and analysts, who mostly shrugged off the August launch of its Torch smartphone and fret about eroding support among its core corporate clientele.
Image: The PlayBook is displayed at the BlackBerry developers conference 2010 in San Francisco
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