Topic: RIM outlines next chapter for PlayBook tablet

[Simon]

Research in Motion is adding a pair of new tablets to its PlayBook portfolio - and is rumoured to be working on supporting Android apps.

Announced at Mobile World Congress, the two new tablet versions will offer connectivity over LTE and HSPA+. The pair join a fleet that already included Wi-Fi and Wimax only connectivity.

LTE and HSPA+ are far more widely used technologies in the wireless mobile market than Wimax. Although LTE won’t arrive in the UK until next year at the very earliest, HSPDA+ is already making progress as a stepping stone towards 4G services here.

Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/365236/rim-outlines-next-chapter-for-playbook-tablet

[sam]

cool!

[Simon]

Got my eye on them. 

[Rik]

Am I surprised? 

[Simon]

I doubt it. 

[Rik]