Whither the BlackBerry PlayBook?

Release Date 20 Apr, 2011 in Christian Science Monitor

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Empty stores greet Blackberry Playbook Times of India - 20 Apr, 2011 TORONTO/NEW YORK: Research In Motion's PlayBook tablet computer launched in almost empty stores on Tuesday, in a far cry from the frenzy that accompanies the debut of anything from rival Apple. At an Office Depot in Midtown New York, ...
	Whither the BlackBerry PlayBook? Christian Science Monitor - Matthew Shaer - 20 Apr, 2011 The BlackBerry PlayBook has had a rough few days. Can the RIM tablet actually hold up in a market dominated by the Apple iPad? The BlackBerry PlayBook certainly looks pretty sweet. But the device has not won universal admiration among critics. ...
PlayBook launch fizzles Montreal Gazette - Jason Magder - 20 Apr, 2011 RIM has released its new Playbook Tuesday morning at the Staples Business Depot store on Bank St. in Ottawa. Manager Stephen Tanner welcomed Francoys Crepeau, who was the first of a two-person ...
PlayBook can't compete with iPad San Francisco Chronicle - Casey Newton - 20 Apr, 2011 BlackBerry's PlayBook has some good qualities, but lacks the apps that help the iPad thrive. Research in Motion calls its new tablet computer the PlayBook, but it feels more like a first draft. Like the work of a promising young novelist, ...
Review Playbook: Apps or no apps, this is the best tablet yet Ottawa Citizen - Vito Pilieci - 20 Apr, 2011 Matt Mulvihill was the first to pick up a Playbook at the Staples outlet on Bank Street Tuesday. With the device available at multiple stores, it didn't attract the lineups seen for Apple ...
Researchers peer into Playbook Ottawa Citizen - 20 Apr, 2011 Hours after the Playbook's official release, electronics research firm UBM Techinsights had it torn apart to inspect the technological wizardry inside. According to the Ottawa-based research company, each 32-gigabyte versions of the tablet costs ...
BlackBerry PlayBook launches: What will businesses choose? Vancouver Sun (blog) - Gillian Shaw - 20 Apr, 2011 There were few lineups marking Tuesday's release of the BlackBerry PlayBook but some early bird buyers showed up wanting to be the first in the office to have one of Research in Motion's new tablet ...
RIM BlackBerry PlayBook Teardown InformationWeek - 20 Apr, 2011 Fritz Nelson 04/19/2011 UBM TechInsights takes a look under the hood at yet another tablet. Inside RIM's new BlackBerry tablet is the TI OMAP 4 processor, a six-axis gyro and some other fun hardware goodies. UBM TechInsights has been at it again today, ...
Guess How Many People Lined Up For PlayBook Launch In Downtown Toronto This ... San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 20 Apr, 2011 Only two people were waiting outside the downtown location of Future Shop -- a big electronics retailer -- when it opened at 7 am this morning for "PlayBook day." Future Shop was expecting more of a crowd. It had even hired caterers to provide ...
	RIM puts its PlayBook in motion Globe and Mail - Omar El Akkad, Iain Marlow - 20 Apr, 2011 Research In Motion's Ltd.'s RIM-T much-anticipated tablet computer hit stores Tuesday, with few lineups and little of the consumer fanfare that accompanied the launch of its chief rival's products, as the company works out software bugs in order to ...
	Gadgetwise: BlackBerry's Bridge to Nowhere New York Times (blog) - Ian Austen - 20 Apr, 2011 The BlackBerry PlayBook, Research In Motion's first entry in the tablet computing world, arrived in stores on Tuesday. But first-day buyers who use AT&T as their wireless carrier were immediately frustrated when they tried to use a key ...
	Tech wrap: Q1 earnings beat expectations, RIM's PlayBook �" not so much Reuters Blogs (blog) - 20 Apr, 2011 Intel forecast quarterly revenues well above Wall Street's estimates despite a hiccup in sales of its Sandy Bridge processors after the discovery of a chipset design flaw and defying fears the world's top chip maker is struggling to find its footing as ...
	PlayBook Tablet Has a Spotty Day One in San Francisco Wired News - Brian X. Chen - 20 Apr, 2011 The 7-inch PlayBook is Research In Motion's entry into the tablet market. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Research In Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet launched Tuesday, and the tablet turned in some limp results in the wired city of San ...
PlayBook draws no feverish store lines National Post (registration) - Tyler Anderson - 20 Apr, 2011 A man waits for the doors of Future Shop to open before the BlackBerry PlayBook launch in Toronto. By Jameson Berkow in Toronto and Jason Magder in Montreal Unlike Apple fans, BlackBerry users don't appear to be the type to stand in line. ...
Blackberry Playbook unboxed -- First impressions Dallas Morning News (blog) - Jim Rossman - 20 Apr, 2011 I've been using the Blackberry Playbook for a few hours now and I'm impressed so far. The picture above shows it with an iPad 2 for scale. Every other review I've read gripes about the lack of email client, so I was ready for that. ...
RIM BlackBerry PlayBook CNETTV - 20 Apr, 2011 Live Link: http://cnettv.cnet.com/rim-blackberry-playbook/9742-1_53-50103242.html The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet ably showcases RIM's powerful new mobile operating system, but its middling size diminishes many of its best features.
Speed tests: iPad 2 vs. PlayBook CNETTV - 20 Apr, 2011 Live Link: http://cnettv.cnet.com/speed-tests-ipad-2-vs-playbook/9742-1_53-50103225.html In the world of competitive tablet speed testing, there can be only one...winner.
BlackBerry's First Tablet Goes on Sale The Associated Press - 20 Apr, 2011 Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry smartphones, released it's first tablet device Tuesday. Customers were checking out the Playbook at stores from coast to coast. (April 19)
	End of Supporting Story Content CBC.ca - Peter Nowak - 20 Apr, 2011 Research In Motion's PlayBook tablet. RIM/CPWhatever else is said about the BlackBerry PlayBook, there's little doubt it's the most thought-provoking �" if not confounding �" gadget of the year so far. The PlayBook is a head-scratcher. ...
Review: BlackBerry PlayBook Not Ready For The Enterprise InformationWeek - Eric Zeman - 20 Apr, 2011 RIM's PlayBook is a beautifully designed piece of technology, but lacks basic features available from every other tablet in the market. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Research In Motion's tablet computer hits store shelves on Tuesday. ...
RIM's PlayBook: The Stealth Launch Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 20 Apr, 2011 The kiosk for RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet at a Manhattan Staples. Not the most interesting way to lure prospective buyers, but at least it's something. Today was the day Research in Motion's (RIMM) PlayBook tablet computer went on ...
	BlackBerry Playbook 'bridge' app not available for AT&T CNET (blog) - Marguerite Reardon - 20 Apr, 2011 A "bridge" app allows the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to connect to a BlackBerry smartphone to access e-mail and a 3G data connection. AT&T may be putting the kibosh on an application for BlackBerry smartphones that allows ...
RIM's BlackBerry Bridge To Nowhere InformationWeek - Fritz Nelson - 20 Apr, 2011 The PlayBook tablet, a few weeks late and a few key features short, isn't market-ready. By Fritz Nelson InformationWeek Research In Motion began shipping today its long-awaited BlackBerry PlayBook. After eight months of tease, a few weeks of delay, ...
	BlackBerry PlayBook can succeed in market dominated by Apple iPad: experts The Canadian Press - Mary Gazze - 20 Apr, 2011 TORONTO �" BlackBerry maker Research in Motion launched its new PlayBook tablet to little fanfare Tuesday, but experts say the Canadian gadget can still be successful in a growing industry dominated by hoopla surrounding Apple's rival iPad. ...
RIM's PlayBook Could Be Sleeper Hit MarketWatch - 20 Apr, 2011 Despite lackluster reviews for its PlayBook tablet, Research In Motion isn't going anywhere in the mobile-device market thanks to its huge base of business users. Rex Crum reports.
AT&T: We're Reviewing, Not Blocking BlackBerry Bridge PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 20 Apr, 2011 BlackBerry Bridge, the software needed to get email on a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, was bound to be controversial. By tying the PlayBook to a BlackBerry smartphone, it not only pipes over email and messages, it lets the PlayBook get on ...
BlackBerry Bridge on AT&T workaround CNET (blog) - Nicole Lee - 20 Apr, 2011 AT&T does not currently allow BlackBerry Bridge downloads, but you can still get it via a workaround link. If you're an AT&T customer who just got a PlayBook, you might be surprised to learn that you weren't able to download the ...
Is the BlackBerry Playbook the Right Tablet for Small Businesses? PCWorld - Brent Rose - 20 Apr, 2011 First, let's go through the reasons you'd want the PlayBook. It's from the makers of BlackBerry, to start, and it's using the brand new QNX operating system, which is what RIM's future looks like. It's fast, with a 1GHz dual-core ...
	BlackBerry PlayBook: As hard to find as an iPad 2? Baltimore Sun (blog) - 20 Apr, 2011 I popped into a RadioShack this morning in Baltimore and asked whether they had any of Research in Motion's new tablet computers, the PlayBook. Nope, the two clerks said. And one said only nine of the 18 stores in -- presumably -- the Baltimore area ...
PlayBook Sales: Steady, but No Frenzy Wall Street Journal (blog) - Melissa Korn - 20 Apr, 2011 Research in Motion Ltd.'s PlayBook went on sales in stores in the US and Canada Tuesday, with little of the frenzy that accompanied Apple Inc.'s iPad launches, but several retailers reported a relatively steady ...