will it have surepress? lol

I guess it's not... so maybe it's not an April Fools joke... but it sure seems like it might be one... not sure why RIM would jump into this market.

If in fact a Blackberry Tablet was put on the market, consider me first in line to get one! Screw Apple and their crappy gadgets....been a Blackberry fan too long.

poor RIM. they just want to keep up so bad but just can't.

LMAO..Rim better stop the shenanigans! To funny!

If the tablet is true, then I'm curious what the BBOS will look like.

IF they were to make a tablet, what OS version would they put on it.

6.0 isn't due out til late this year right?

Would 6.0 be ready before Christmas?

RIM better focus more on their upcoming OS and devices to try to keep up with other competitors before worrying about moving into the tablet business.

deciding to take a an AP Calculus class.

RIM - is still truncating e-mail; still not providing automatic full html e-mail (security risk? really?); still unable to send or download anything larger than 3MG; still unable to play ringtones or alerts through headphones or bluetooth; still unable to fully utilize Open GL ES 1.1 on ANY device (limited Open GL ES 1.0 is available on 2-3 devices, but only in 3rd party applications, not the core apps and mot the browser); still unable to process adobe flash media; still using Java runtime limiting application size to less than 1/10th of other platforms; still unable to produce more than the smallest amount of available application memory of any smart phone made in the last 3 years. I could go on, but don't want to sit here and bash RIM. I'm just astounded that with so much still needing to be fixed they are all over the map with acquisitions. They remind me of that ADD dog,"squirrel!?"

I'm a big believer in specialization. RIM needs to stick with SmartPhones and SmartPhones only until they can make the best smartphone on the market. Once they accomplish that, then I'd be ok with them branching out to a larger blackberry tablet type thing.

The only pro to a table from RIM over Apple would be RIM's stronghold on the enterprise market w/BES. If they can do a BES connected that the enterprise would use in meetings, at the office, on job sites, in the field, etc... it may work depending on the applications.

heh. I love these 'fix this X issue before you do ANYthing else RIM!' comments.

Yes they need to fix X issue, and I'm betting that's happening.

But what makes you think they can only do ONE thing at a time? how about doing 3 or 4 things at the same time - doesn't that seem possible? Right?

From what I hear OS6.0 is going to put RIM back on top.

I'm a big BB fan and even I think there OS is lagging.
I got to play with a Sony Ericsson X10 couple of nights ago and WOW. Andriod runs so smoothly on that phone.

RIM needs to start running. There brisk walk isn't going to get them anywhere anytime soon. Hence the excursion into other markets. Maybe they will need to update there OS to a whole new level in order to support there new "Pad"

Count me out...I will stick with the IPad or Slate. I got screwed twice already with the Storm. If they are building like Apple off the IPhone OS then this thing is doomed!

F the tablet it would be the laggiest piece ever, do a battery pull every 3 mins....

I love how all of these uber successful business folks are giving RIM advice on how to run their company. LOL Bottom line, if they drop a tablet, clearly there will be interest. If its not for you, so be it. Nobody likes a fan boy. keep the bashing to yourself... Its seriously, LAME.

God i hope so! I would buy instantly!!!

iPhone = iPad

Blackberry = Blackberry Tablet

Come on now. RIM I know you can do better than that. Keep to SmartPhones and keep with that. Quit following Apple's lead and think they know what to do.

It does seem odd that they would go to an area that it getting swarmed with players. Unless it is designed to be complimentary to some Enterprise client push. I'm a skeptic until I see one.

Blackberry tying to keep up with the Joneses

Why a tablet? I still fail to see why there is even a market for any tablet with a ported phone OS of any kind. With that said, I'll pass on any BB tablet unless it has Windows 7 on it like the Slate. That is the only way a tablet could effectively fit in my lifestyle, and I'm sure there are others who agree.

Take the iPad for instance. If it had Mac OSX on it, I'm willing to bet it would have had preorder numbers over 2x of what it had, and I would've been one of them!

They should worry about their hardware and their OS being in the current than worry about a table yet.

WCM

Doesn't have what it takes to do this. Fix the phones first before you go that route.Still funny shi1 tho. A giant storm tablet will be just like storm 1 when it first came out. Good laugh...

well i`ll tell ya why, ipad sales figures, i mean lets be honest here, RIM are gonna go where the money is, its as simple as that.
as long as they get the execution right(ish) then all will be good, plus look on the bright side everyone saying `fix this fix that` if you make a tablet, you NEED a good browser, so maybe this would help.
everyones saying `why build a tablet` when they should be saying `right, this is gonna be huge for RIM, which means more money for them to put into phone development, result :)`

I love Apple ( mostly their laptops) but am a little dissappointed at RIM's attend to "keep up"...why be a follower when it was once a leader with the Blackberry smartphone (I have and love my 9700). RIM needs a new plan!

A tablet with a BB web browser? How cute. Maybe in a couple of years it'll even have touchscreen capabilities. Look out iPad!

The one piece of information we know - the screen size, would already lose to apple in a comparison and the Apple is already out not just in development stage...

Please RIM make Dakota. We are sick of waiting and trying to be loyal, with week after week of no fruit for our labour.

I hope they make it easy to do a battery pull on this.
What they should really do is concentrate on trying to produce a decent phone to compete with the iPhone and Android phones.

its only logical to RIM to make it with one giant screen that clicks. UI input is the most important thing about a touch device. Learn that RIM.

What about a Blackberry netbook that can tether and interact with a Blackberry handheld?

Why don't they try to perfect the phones first or at least improve upon them?

Will it crash as much as my BlackBerry? ("Please Reload Software eror 502, etc...)"

They should really perfect a simpler way to recover a crashed device.

RIM still has a lot to do with the blackberry. sorry RIM you are not Apple people will not buy a RIM OS tablet that will suck and be limited.

I'd get one in a heartbeat.