Rumored RIM Tablet to Run $500
Maybe Maximum PC should come out with a tablet and join every other company on the planet who purportedly is working on a slate PC for a late 2010 launch. That includes Research In Motion (RIM), which is reportedly coming out with a 9.7-inch tablet called the BlackPad in November of this year.
Quanta Computer is said to be building the device, and judging by the name, RIM is eager to go toe-to-toe with Apple's iPad, so far the only viable tablet to yet be released.
According to a report in Chinese-language Apple Daily, the BlackPad will sell for $500, the same price as Apple's entry-level 16GB Wi-Fi iPad. The BlackPad will support Wi-Fi too, as well Bluetooth and 3G (through connection to a BlackBerry smartphone).
Apparently the ambitious bunch, RIM is expecting to ship two million units in 2010 alone, and eight million in 2011.
