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• 5 Reasons RIM's PlayBook Isn't Ready for Business

  RIM unveiled its new PlayBook in San Francisco Monday to mixed reviews and several unanswered questions.

• Will BlackBerry PlayBook bridge the video divide?

  When I'm on the road, there are few tools in my arsenal that I value more than video chat. But as much as I love it for boosting communication with colleagues during the day and saying goodnight to my kids at bedtime, managing the current mess of disparate and disconnected chat services is a massive pain.

• BlackBerry 'PlayBook' is enterprise-grade mobile tablet

  BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) just unveiled its enterprise-grade mobile tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook. Though the device is aimed at enterprise smartphone users -- in fact, it's meant specifically for BlackBerry users -- the PlayBook also has a strong multimedia focus.

• The BlackBerry PlayBook is RIM's tablet

  Research in Motion's tablet is not the BlackPad, but the BlackBerry PlayBook, a 7-inch rival to Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab. The tablet will ship "early 2011" according to RIM and sports some impressive specs including support for dual-processors, Flash support, and video resolutions up to 1080i.

• Tablet, phone software developers face multicore challenge

  Writing applications for devices like tablets and smartphones could become more challenging as CPUs and hardware accelerators are added to mobile chips, experts agreed at a processor conference on Monday.

• Sharp Galapagos Android devices to enter tablet fray

  Sharp plans an aggressive foray into the tablet market this December--well, sort of.

• Samsung Galaxy Tab can control your home

  The future is now with Samsug's Galaxy Tab and the Home Watcher remote, if a Samsung demo that made its way onto YouTube is anything to go by.

• Lenovo's IdeaPad U1 hybrid tablet laptop delayed to 2011

  Lenovo's IdeaPad U1 -- a hybrid PC that can function as both a laptop and a tablet -- will be launched in China early next year, pushing back its release date from this past June.

• RIM 'BlackPad' could be the tablet businesses need

  Reports are circulating that RIM will officially unveil its tablet device at the 2010 BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco next week. The RIM tablet would be entering a market currently dominated by the iPad and about to get much more crowded, but RIM has an advantage that neither Apple, nor most other tablet competitors have: business credibility.

• HP Windows 7 Slate video surfaces

  Ah yes, the on-again, off-again HP Slate running Windows 7. Before CES, it was a buzz-worthy expected product, but its brief appearance in Steve Ballmer's CES keynote left some rather disappointed. But a new video making the rounds on YouTube shows what might be the HP Slate in action, running Windows 7.

• Dell taking another stab at the tablet

  Dell showed off a prototype of a 7-inch Android tablet this week at the Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. While being more tablet-sized than Dell's initial anemic attempt at joining the tablet fray, this new venture still faces some challenges in order to compete.

• Michael Dell shows off tablet with 7-inch screen

  Dell said on Wednesday it is developing a 7-inch tablet as it experiments with handheld devices with different screen sizes.

• 3D laptops struggling to gain traction

  3D laptop shipments have been slow this year, hindered by high prices and lack of consumer interest, according to research firm DisplaySearch.

• Samsung admits Galaxy Tab display issues with Android apps

  Samsung acknowledged today that some Android Market apps on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab will run at a smaller resolution than the 7-in. screen allows.

• BlackBerry tablet may appear next week, report says

  Research in Motion may introduce a tablet computer next week, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.