Research in Motion plans to release two more BlackBerry Playbook tablets in the second half of 2011, one with LTE and one with HSPA+ networking technology, the company declared at the Mobile World Congress.
RIM already had announced a Wi-Fi only tablet and one using the WiMax wireless networking technology. LTE and HSPA+, though, are much more broadly accepted in the mobile market, if not necessarily widely installed.
In the ever-hotter tablet market, the competition presently is largely between incumbent power Apple and a number of Android-based challengers such as the Motorola Xoom and the newly announced Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.4. RIM hopes its BlackBerry models will find a foothold as well.
The biggest hurdle many of these products need to overcome today is shipping, but after that comes sales partnerships with carriers and retailers, application development with programmers.
"We are now building on the BlackBerry PlayBook's many advantages with support for additional 4G networks that will allow enhanced business opportunities for carriers and developers and unparalleled mobile experiences for users," said RIM Co-Chief Executive Mike Lazaridis in a statement.
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