RIM To Launch Apple iPad Killer

The Wall Street Jornal reported today on the rumours of a RIM's BlackBerry tablet that will fight to Apple's iPad head on.

Ashok Kumar, an analyst and managing director at Rodman & Renshaw that RIM's new tablet will have a 7-inch screen and will offer front and rear facing cameras, just like to those found on Apple's antenna-flawed iPhone 4.

Mr. Kumar says that "Research In Motion is trying to pull forward the launch of the 7-inch touchscreen tablet from early next year to year end...with a marginal point of differentiation being the front- and back-facing cameras for videoconferencing,".

The BlackBerry tablet will be powered by a 1GHz processor which offers full HD 1080p playback, 16-megapixel image captures and advanced 3D graphics.

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