RIM's iPad Competitor Starts Sounding Real, Has Flash Built-In

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The iPad is selling like the proverbial hotcakes, and there's a distinct lack of competitors emerging to challenge its dominance right now ... but it's just been all-but confirmed that RIM has a BlackBerry-based tablet on the way. 

Rumors about the BlackBerry tablet aren't new, but the latest crop have been unusually detailed. The recent leak about an 7-inch design, with a 1-GHz processor, from Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar prompted BetaNews to chase one of their sources that's "close...