RIM jumping on the tablet bandwagon

Today, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion announced their version of the tablet, the Playbook, which is due out next year. It will use a new platform, QNX Software Systems, instead of their BlackBerry 6 operating system and promises "an uncompromised Web experience."

But the question still remains, Can anybody beat the ipad? According to T. Michael Walkley's estimates (below), not likely.

RIM's Playbook will only be able to connect to the internet via Wi-fi though plans to offer 3G and 4G are in the works. No price has been announced for this product yet, though its 7 inch screen and 1GB offering will have to be priced much lower than the current Wi-fi 16GB that is going for $499.

Although tablets are increasingly more popular right now, for me, nothing beats reading a good old fashioned book.