CNBC:

Says talk that its Playbook tablet is being discontinued is “pure fiction” * Says remains highly committed to tablet market and to its QNX operating system.

The message is short but sweet; RIM is trying to counter rumors that surfaced earlier today that the company is walking away from Playbook sales. What is apparent, though, is that the market hasn’t responded very well at all to the device – RIM is sitting on a huge stockpile of unsold Playbooks and is scrambling to figure out how to make customers buy them.