One Of The Biggies In Smart Phone Market RIM [Research In Motion] Is Said To Be Testing Some New Devices. If Rumors Are To Be Believed, RIM Is Testing A Touch Screen Phone And A Tablet. The Touch Screen Phone RIM Is Testing Is Said To Be New BlackBerry. RIM Is Working On These New Devices As It Looks To Keep Its Blackberry Smartphone From Losing More Ground To Touch-Screen Devices Like Apple's iphone And ipad.
This News Was First Reported By Wall Street Journal. "RIM Is Testing A Touch-Screen Smartphone With A Slide-Out Keyboard, According To People Familiar With The Device. The Phone Runs On A New Version Of The Blackberry Operating System And Works Much Like An iphone, Letting Users Swipe Through Screens And Expand Images With Their Fingers. It Also Has A Universal Search Bar That Lets Users Scour All The Phone's Data And Some Data Online As Well According To These People." Wall Street Journal Reported.
RIM Is Also Experimenting With A Tablet Device To Serve As A Larger-Screen Companion To Its Blackberry Phone, Say People Familiar With RIM's Future Plans. That Device, Which Is In An Early Stage Of Development, Will Connect To Cellular Networks Via A Blackberry Phone. It Could Come Out As Soon As The End Of The Year.
A RIM Spokeswoman Said The Company Doesn't Comment On Rumors And Speculation. RIM Executives Have Said They Will Ship A Phone Running A New Operating System And A New Web Browser In The Quarter Ending Sept. 30, But Haven't Provided Details Of The Device. They Haven't Discussed Plans For A Tablet.
Now It Will Be Interesting To See What RIM Has Actually To Offer. Smart Phone Market Is Getting Higher And Higher Day By Day And It This Situation, It Will Be Really Interesting To See What These Biggies Come Up With.