BlackBerry is working on its second tablet. That has director John Chen confirmed. In addition, the manufacturer deals with the development of a smartphone with large screen and physical keyboard. Probably it is a slide-out ramplankje.
If the BlackBerry tablet is released, it will be his second. In 2011, the then RIM with the PlayBook, a 7″tablet with an operating system that was the precursor of the current BlackBerry 10. Chen confirmed that the manufacturer of a tablet will be released, but said that BlackBerry is working on it. “No doubt about it, we are working on it,” says BlackBerry managing director during an MIT Enterprise Forum in the Chinese city of hong Kong. The video of the interview on the event is online.
In addition, said Chen that BlackBerry is working on a smartphone with a large screen and a physical keyboard, discovered BlackBerryOS.com. According to the director, wants BlackBerry to combine elements without the awkward in the use and users not in the pocket can do. One of the solutions that the manufacturer often has been applied is a slide-out keyboard, such as BlackBerry’s former Torch-series.
BlackBerry currently has in its line-up of different models with a physical keyboard, but the largest model is the Passport with a 4.5″screen with a 1:1 aspect ratio. Probably wants BlackBerry to meet people who have a physical keyboard and a large screen, without the device as wide as the Passport. At this time, the manufacturer of such a device.
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