BlackBerry multi-core processor smartphones will all be on Playbook OS

The software used in the forthcoming RIM Playbooks will eventually be built into the company’s flagship BlackBerry smartphones, according to the statement made by Research in Motion Ltd Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis.

Lazaridis said on Tuesday the platform used in its Playbook tablet is also targeted for future smartphones that run more complex, multi-core processors.

"By focusing on the tablet market, we see an opportunity to free where the smartphone can go," he said at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference.

"When we have multi-core processors across the board, they'll all be running the Playbook platform," Lazaridis said. But he declined to say when it would arrive in BlackBerry smartphones.

RIM is launching the 7-inch PlayBook in the first quarter of 2011, in a bid to challenge the dominance of Apple's iPad.