Research in Motion (RIM) Launching Blackpad to Compete Apple iPad

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Research in Motion Company is now working on a new gadget to compete with Apple’s iPad. The rumor is so strong that RIM might introduce the new tablet or pad, as they call it, Blackpad, by the end of November 2010.

RIM, which has a market share of 40 percent, has a strong chance of winning in this field with their unique technologies regarding the business aspect of a digital pad.

Apple iPad, a strong contender of this upcoming digital pad, will be optimized and tweaked further to improve its stability and performance for numerous iPad applications. App store has more than 225,000 applications for iPad and that suggests that for every desire of an iPad user, there is an application for it and with new applications being added every day, the quota just keeps on increasing.

In this filed, however, RIM, has a lower score with their limited amount of applications, i.e. only 8000 plus. However, it must be noted that the applications that RIM offers via BlackBerry App World are focused on business prospects rather than entertainment.

Among these 8000 plus applications, there are unique applications designed to perform there combined tasks, i.e. one media player can play all formats of video and audio with multiple player settings. This limits the need of developing many other applications for various media functions.

There are still no verified configurations for RIM’s Blackpad, but since this digital pad is being developed keeping in mind some tough competitor’s like Apple’s iPad, iPad 2 (highly rumored), Cisco tablet, Sony Pad, etc., it will offer all next-generation features for an iPad.

For example, large screen (possibly 9.7”), front and rear HQ cameras, Wi-Fi, 4G (possibly), Bluetooth 3.0, etc.

Blackpad will be based on RIM’s reliable platform that is responsible for stable functionality of their Blackberry series Smartphones.

Many people are still not happy with the odd sounding and unappealing name of RIM’s new digital pad; therefore, it is possible that RIM might change the name later on.

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