More details about RIM's rumored tablet

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Research In Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) rumored BlackBerry tablet has more information attached to it as Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar revealed the features on the device and Betanews cited a source close to RIM confirming the details.

In May, Boy Genius talked up a BlackBerry tablet that would be a companion device to the BlackBerry smartphone. The Wall Street Journal also indicated that the tablet would have a slide-out keyboard and run on a new version of the BlackBerry operating system.

In a research note, Kumar indicated that the tablet will be a 7-inch device with a 1 GHz processor from Marvell and will include two cameras for video conferencing. Betanews' source said the device will also come with Flash support.

RIM also released a new video on YouTube this week to preview its new BlackBerry 6 operating system. Check it out here.

For more:
- see this Betanews report

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