블랙베리 타블렛? RIM 8.9인치 터치스크린 구매 루머

애플처럼  RIM도 타블렛 시장 진출을 노리는 건가?
정말 Hon Mai社로부터 8.9인치 터치스크린을 주문을 한것이 단순한 검토를 위한것인지
정말 타블렛 시장 진출을 노리고 있는 것인지...

암튼 애플덕분에 점점 이바닥이 재미있어지고 있는 느낌.

블랙베리 타블렛? 감이 잘 안오는다 ㅋㅋ

From : http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/04/09/rumors-of-rim-buying-big-touchscreens-spark-further-rumors-of-tablet-plans/

Rumors of RIM buying big touchscreens spark further rumors of tablet plans

by Devin Coldewey on April 9, 2010

Reports from component suppliers in Asia have RIM buying an unspecified number of 8.9″ touchscreens from supplier Hon Mai. The sources are unnamed and the original report is proving difficult to track down; the only copy of it seems to be in CrackBerry’s possession (copied below). That already places this rumor in pretty unlikely territory, but hey, you be the judge.


Add in to the mix that RIM’s Mike Lazaridis publicly stated last year that they were not developing a tablet and had no specific plans to do so, and the rumor is looking even less substantiated.

If they did buy up a few touchscreens, then what? It’d be the first indications of a large, innovative company toying around with the idea of a tablet device. Perhaps after playing with an iPad and seeing Microsoft pushing tablets hard via third parties, RIM felt they may as well see if they could whip up something internally that was of any potential utility to their users. As it stands, though, there’s no real evidence that this order actually took place, so I wouldn’t be surprised if we never hear anything more about it.