The idea was always there in our minds, but we never paid so much mind to it actually happening one day.  We asked you all what you thought about a BlackBerry tablet when the iPad was announced, and  not everyone was so convinced as it was a 50/50 vote.  For all you who thought that RIM was going to give up in its head to head battle with Apple, you’re wrong.  The folks over at BBLeaks received some inside information indicating that a BlackBerry tablet is in the making.  After seeing the BlackBerry 6 commercial, we see this being somewhat a good idea as RIM has made their OS very touchscreen-friendly.  The only confirmed details on this new piece are:

• It’s thinner and smaller than the Apple iPad
• Codename: BlackPad
• Full BlackBerry OS compatibility & functionality (no word on what version yet)

Note that the image above is not real and is just a sketch based off of the Apple iPad.  As for a solid release date? It’ll be too hard to determine with RIM as our expectations at WES 2010 were so high and we were let down a bit with the lack of announcements.  Perhaps we’ll see it in WES 2011 next May.

-by Mac Jadalhack

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