[mgs2sol]

BlackBerry's business problem - Fortune Tech

"Peter Walker, the company's senior director for enterprise product management, trumpets the "BlackBerry Balance" technology, for example, which lets business customers control employees' devices while enabling the use of personal apps. It is also beefing up its offerings from independent app developers. A bevy of new phones and tablets built around a redesigned operating system is expected next year."

I love the hardware... and hope they focus on the software issues.

[Mikey_T]

I don't think we'll see too many changes to the tablet hardware next year other than cellular-enabled versions to be sold by the carriers. Rumors of a larger 10" version don't seem to have much weight.

RIM has indicated that all current Playbooks will support the upcoming OS changes.

[Spinal]

it'd be nice if they did some hardware changes like a LED for a flash...and making use of the flashlight app is actually practical, sd card slot would be nice too.

[Mikey_T]

SD card slot would be wonderful, but I can live with software-enabled USB host support so we can use USB card readers.

[Buckoni]

why don't we just hope Rim gets OS 2 out before we talk about new devices.

[saudiben]

like a horse running after a carrot, seeing is believing. Does anyone honestly believe rim will bring out another tablet before the current one is a success? Bit naive i would say

[Venichie]

Well I don't believe they'll bring a revamped Playbook, but instead that 10in (or so) size tablet we hear so much about.

That should keep current Playbook owners not feeling left out, and give everyone a variety to choose. Perhaps they'll keep it at $499.99, and lower the Playbook to $399.99 or what not

[vgwillm]

I would say they will bring out a new one....only difference will be OS2 but RIM will promote it as new.

"New Playbook with 2.0 updates" Better than the first...different but same.

[Berknip]

Better yet - wait until they launch a brand new playbook, but only allow the new version to get new functionality in order to drive existing owners to the new one as well...

[msmara]

Better yet - wait until they launch a brand new playbook, but only allow the new version to get new functionality in order to drive existing owners to the new one as well...

nOOoo!! lol

[mgs2sol]

I can see them making a 10in one and a tablet with 3g... and hope that is all.

[F2]

Better yet - wait until they launch a brand new playbook, but only allow the new version to get new functionality in order to drive existing owners to the new one as well...

Well, they did something similar with the Storm - abandon a lost cause. If the android player does wind up needing lots of "operating room" they might decide that a pb2 with more ram/rom/rim/rum is appropriate and create a new tablet leaving the pb1 to suffer with limited capacity for multitasking.

I don't see it happening. I think many have put their respective finger on this issue - there is only one hot selling tablet. All the others including the pb are struggling to grab their place in the sun. It would be nice if rim just could stablize things, make OS2 a success and accept that it will be a niche product - that does not make it a failure - just not the top seller. But they still need to figure out who or what they are marketing this device to/for. They went for a second rate bookseller or, at least, app, no open video chat, poor business apps and expected it to take off.

[Superfly_FR]

Mostly for French readers ... but if a "cousin" (or "cousine" ) could translate it better than Google does ... Thanks in advance !
Playbook 2.0 ... Yes, PB, not (only) OS !!!!