RIM is holding their developers conference next week in San Francisco, and according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal — the still-rumored Blackberry tablet may be officially announced during the event. The report mentions “people familiar with RIM’s plans” and suggests the device could be called the BlackPad. Furthermore, the BlackPad will more »

It is no secret RIM is prepping an iPad-killer in the form of the BlackPad, a device that will reportedly be available by November for $499. As you would probably guess, RIM should use BlackBerry OS 6 on the BlackPad, maybe with a few minor upgrades and features, but it looks like RIM might go more »

Chinese website, Apple Daily, is reporting some new information regarding RIM’s tablet device, the BlackPad. Quanta is the manufacturing company that received the nod from RIM to create the BlackPad in time for a November launch. RIM wants two million devices ready to go by September and another eight million in 2011. By launching the more »

What’s the most common phrase heard around the Gadgetell newsroom? Is it “I love Apple?”, “that’s cool!” or “sweet!” ? Answer: none of them, it’s “they are on crack”. This week we take a look back at the things that made us chuckle in the tech world. Let’s get to the suspects: RIM’s iPad killer more »

The iPad is extremely popular today mainly because there aren’t many strong competitors. Many companies plan on creating an Android tablet, but most of them will not be ready for prime time until 2011. However, for those who like BlackBerry’s, it looks like RIM might be preparing its own iPad killer with a device known more »