A few weeks a company Research In Motion (RIM), a manufacturer of BlackBerry, PDA on the market of United States selling tablet designed to challenge the dominance of the Apple iPad.
The product will have a very competitive price, “said Deputy CEO Jim Balsilli (Jim Balsillie) without naming specific values. From this it can be concluded that the device will cost $ 499, since so much worth iPad with minimal configuration.
In the second quarter of next year will begin selling tablet RIM PlayBook world presented in September.
Among the advantages of a tablet, RIM refers to support for Adobe Flash technology, which provides most of the videos in the global network. Product Apple is unable to play videos and animations in Flash.
For the third quarter Apple iPad belonged to 95% of global market intelligence company boards, says Strategy Analytics. However, the situation with iPad Tablet market domination, according to Mr. Balsilli, will change when we go to market “.
BlackBerry smartphones in the market the producer is 18% (19%) a year ago, while Apple’s iPhone has a 14% (13% a year ago), this year the market broke devices running Google Android, for 12 months increased its stake from 1.8 to 17%.