BlackBerry tablet is expected to enter the mainland next year or with telecommunications

November 25 news, Apple iPad caused by the upsurge of tablet computers is sweeping the global technology market, and this effect has also touched the nerves of other companies. BlackBerry maker RIM has announced that its Playbook tablet PC will be available in North America in the first quarter of next year. The reporter learned from RIM China that this product was also locked in the second quarter of 2011 when it was on the domestic market.

At the Blackberry 2010 Developer Conference that opened at the end of September this year, RIM released the first tablet BlackBerry Playbook. RIM co-CEO Barsilelli also recently said that the company will sell BlackBerry Playbook tablet PCs in North America for less than 500 US dollars (about 3322 yuan) in the first quarter of next year.

It is understood that the Playbook is equipped with BlackBerry's unique BlackBerry Tablet operating system, configuration 7-inch display, using QNX Neutrino micro-kernel architecture, built-in dual-core 1GHz processor, the hardware is more than the iPad, it is worth mentioning that also supports iPad Unable to support FLASH technology.

"I hope the BlackBerry Playbook will be available in China as soon as possible, as soon as possible." Xie Guorui, president of the BlackBerry China, said in an exclusive interview with the reporter on the 24th telecommunications BlackBerry 9630 conference.

According to an informed source, the Playbook will be introduced to the global market in the second quarter next year after the first quarter of next year in North America. This includes the Chinese market, and China Telecom is most likely to introduce the BlackBerry Playbook. tablet.

At present, all three major operators have begun to deploy tablet computers. The first to launch is China Telecom's Lifepad, the price is about 5,000 yuan, China Unicom is actively introducing Apple ipad, China Mobile Research Institute is developing "elephant mobile phone" (internal terms), priced at about 3,000 yuan, is expected to be introduced next year .

The person familiar with the matter said that although Telecom first introduced the Lifepad, its product experience and sales did not achieve the desired results. The cooperation between China Telecom and RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones will lay a good foundation for the re-introduction of the Playbook. In the face of China Unicom’s upcoming iPad, China Mobile’s introduction of an “elephant mobile phone” early next year into the Playbook may be China Telecom’s. The other two operators have the best opportunity to compete in the tablet area.

In response, when the reporter asked the relevant person in charge of RIM China, he said that in terms of Playbook products, both China Telecom and China Mobile have expressed interest in who they are and are still in contact.