BGR.com:
Research In Motion has reportedly stopped production of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and is considering exiting the space altogether. Collins Stewart analyst John Vinh made the claims in a note to investors Thursday morning, citing anonymous sources at RIM’s manufacturing partner Quanta.
RIM only shipped 500,000 PlayBooks in the first quarter of availability and 200,000 in the second quarter. It’s been a disaster for RIM.
So, RIM is putting down the “dog with fleas?” http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/09/29/playbook_price_cuts_stock/
Amateur Hour must really be over. And Queen feels all the dumber for it.
Oh well, I bet the Co-CEOs have another stupid idea right up their sleeves.
Funny thing: When the TouchPad went on sale for $99, I thought “That’s a DAMN good deal and I’d get one if I could.”
The PlayBook could go on sale for $0.99 and I wouldn’t bother.
Same here. Having tried one by now, I simply didn’t like the OS. It felt cobbled together and half-assed.
That’s because it was. Though the underpinnings of the OS are sound, the UI and software was simply lacking.