RIM Tablet May Be Announced Next Week [REPORT]

Citing sources familiar with RIM's plans, The Wall Street Journal claimsthe BlackBerry maker could show the world its tablet as early as next week, at a developers' conference in San Francisco.

The internal name for the tablet is BlackPad; it will have a seven-inch touch screen, one or two cameras, Bluetooth and broadband connections, and it's scheduled for a launch in the fourth quarter of the year. Interestingly enough, The Wall Street Journal's sources claim the device will only be able to connect to mobile networks through a BlackBerry.

As far as the OS goes, the same sources claim RIM will use a new platform built by QNX, an OS maker RIM bought earlier this year, instead of BlackBerry OS. Furthermore, BlackBerry is supposed to eventually move the BlackBerry to this new platform, too.