Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry 'BlackPad' tablet might be spotted in a few days at the BlackBerry Developers Conference. Analysts are reporting that something to the tune of 2.5 million of these will be built by the end of the year. The rumors have been going for months. We've seen a bunch of possible names ...

The highly anticipated BlackBerry tablet—called the 'BlackPad' by most—might be seen in the proverbial flesh next week at the BlackBerry developers conference. Thanks to some top sleuthing by the Wall Street Journal, we now know a lot more about the BlackPad and Research In Motion's (RIM) plans moving into the future. And yes, even some ...

  BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) filed a trademark for the name 'SurfBook' last month in Canada. With the name 'BlackPad' floating around as the go to codename for RIM's presumably coming tablet device, anyone think SurfBook is going to be its real name? RIM's device names usually are one word and catchy: Curve, ...