Mike Lazaridis, president and co-CEO of Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM), holds the new BlackBerry PlayBook. (Jeff Chiu/Associated Press)

Research In Motion is jumping into the tablet market with a new BlackBerry PlayBook that hopes to take on Apple's iPad among business customers. The device was announced at a developers' conference in San Francisco on Monday and will be available in the U.S. in early 2011.

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The touch-screen tablet can run both HTML 5 and Flash 10.1 and has a one gigahertz, dual-core processor with one gigabyte of RAM.

It's also compatible with a business's existing enterprise servers and can connect with a user's BlackBerry via Bluetooth on the same data plan.

Analysts are giving the PlayBook high grades, though a price point has yet to be announced.

The buzz on Twitter has turned from hardware details to cost speculation, with users debating their potential purchase based on sticker price.

@beaugreen: Anxious to see how Blackberry's PlayBook stacks up against the iPad

@rezahaidarkamal: Ya but how much does it cost?"

What do you think of RIM's announcement? When it comes to PlayBook vs. Apple iPad, will price affect your decision to buy?

(This is not a scientific poll. It is based on readers' responses).