Before, this was all just a far-fetched rumorNow, the whispers are nearly impossible to shunRIM, which is known globally for their BlackBerry series of business smartphones, may be getting ready to expand their operations in a big, big way.

RIM has really never stepped out from their smartphone ways, with the touchscreen-based Storm and Storm2 being the most unconventional devices the Canadian company has ever producedBut with Apple producing the iPad and Microsoft announcing that they would pushing tablet.