Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2013 was $2.8 billion, down 33% from $4.2 billion in the previous quarter and down 43% from $4.9 billion in the same quarter of fiscal 2012. The revenue breakdown for the quarter was approximately 59% for hardware, 36% for service and 5% for software and other revenue. During the quarter, RIM shipped 7.8 million BlackBerry smartphones and approximately 260,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets.
Just brutal.
” BlackBerry PlayBook tablets were approximately 260,000 ”
What?
Who are these 260K idiots?
Some cell/cable providers offered them “free” as a bonus for a cell/cable contract.
Also “shipped” doesn’t necessarily mean “sold.” Many might have been warehoused by retailers to inflate sales figures.
Oh how the mighty have fallen.