BlackBerry Maker's Issue: Gadgets for Work or Play?

Release Date ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ in Wall Street Journal

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Tablet Fire Sale: 5 Cheap Tablets PCWorld - Jared Newman - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ Between the popularity of Apple's iPad and the looming threat of Amazon's Kindle Fire, times are tough for other tablet makers. But their loss is your gain, as retailers have resorted to offering deep discounts on tablets that ...
Blog this on: TIME - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ BlackBerry PlayBook price, come on down, you're the next�"or actually, first�"contestant on The Price Wasn't Right, But We'll Fix That, in view of the Android-based Kindle Fire, which Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled Wednesday for just $199. ...
Amazon's Mobile Story Grows, RIM's Falters InformationWeek - Laurianne McLaughlin - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ As Amazon grabs the tablet spotlight, RIM's failing product and marketing strategy makes some CIOs lose the faith. By Laurianne McLaughlin InformationWeek The new and old faces of mobile computing collided on our site this week. ...
	Top 5 games on Blackberry PlayBook Hindustan Times - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ One of the major complaints users have always had about the Blackberry platform is the lack of games. With the advent of Apple iPhones and Android devices, the brunt of not being able to play time consuming and nerve titillating games is one of the ...
RIM denies rumors it's dropping the PlayBook Washington Post (blog) - Hayley Tsukayama - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ Dale Courville uses the RIM PlayBook in Toronto. (Mark Blinch - Reuters) Research in Motion has stood by its tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, denying an analyst report that the company is halting production of the seven-inch slate. ...
RIM: WSJ Writes Epitaph In PlayBook Expose Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ In case you missed it, The Wall Street Journal's Phred Dvorak, Suzanne Vranica and Spencer Ante this morning offer a longish feature on where Research in Motion (RIMM) went wrong with its “PlayBook” tablet computer. ...
It Says It's Not But Let's Say It Were: Why RIM Would Be Smart to Ditch the ... Forbes - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ I've been a journalist for more than 20 years writing about business one way or another. Everything I've learned in all this time can be boiled down to one truth: finance, transportation, marketing, supply chain - no matter what the original subject is ...
	Maybe RIM should kill the PlayBook ZDNet (blog) - Larry Dignan - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ Summary: RIM has shot down an analyst report speculating that the company was going to bail on its PlayBook tablet. However, cutting RIM's tablet losses may not be such a bad idea. ...
Tech Today: RIM Didn't Know What to Do With Its Tablet Wall Street Journal (blog) - Tom Loftus - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ RIM Didn't Know What to Do With its Tablet: Some executives saw its tablet, the PlayBook, as an extension of its BlackBerry smartphone and the corporate customers who used them. Others pushed for a more consumer-focused, iPad-like device. ...
Two more senior staff leave RIM Reuters Canada - Alastair Sharp - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ TORONTO (Reuters) - Executives in charge of developer relations and business outreach at Research In Motion have left the company, the latest in a string of departures this year as the BlackBerry maker trims its workforce. ...
	Blackberry PlayBook tablet prices slashed to $200 Hindustan Times - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ One day after Amazon unveiled a tablet computer with a $199 price tag, major US retailers have slashed the price of the PlayBook tablet from BlackBerry maker Research In Motion by up to $200. tag for the 16-gigabyte model, $599 for the 32GB version and ...
	RIM says it remains committed to PlayBook tablet IBNLive.com - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ Toronto: BlackBerry maker Research In Motion brushed off suggestions on Thursday that it would discontinue production of its PlayBook computer tablet as "pure fiction" after an analyst said the company may be considering an exit from the market. ...
RIM will not dump Playbook tablet Inquirer - Dave Neal - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ CANADIAN MOBILE SELLER Research in Motion (RIM) is staying committed to its Playbook tablet despite suggestions otherwise. This week an analyst said that the company was ready to discontinue the tablets, but in a statement to Reuters RIM ...
PlayBook won't be scrapped, RIM asserts Winnipeg Free Press - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ MONTREAL -- Research In Motion said Thursday its PlayBook computer tablet will stay on the market and dismissed as "pure fiction" speculation the tablet will be discontinued. Shares in the BlackBerry maker closed down 70 cents, or about three per cent, ...
	Boot up: RIM denies Playbook death, Brazil's $12m iPad deal 'in trouble', and more The Guardian (blog) - ‎Sep 30, 2011‎ A shareholder uses a BlackBerry PlayBook during the RIM annual general meeting. Photograph: Mike Cassese/Reuters "RIM on Thursday denied allegations that the company will no longer continue to produce PlayBook tablet, saying the news was pure fiction. ...
RIM denies plans of pulling PlayBook out of the market Moneycontrol.com - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ As if dealing with stocked PlayBooks in their inventory wasn't bad enough, BlackBerry makers �" Research in Motion Pvt. Ltd. (RIM), now have speculations to ward off. Early this week, we had reported that as many as 800000 units of BlackBerry's PlayBook ...
RIM PlayBook future iffy; prices slashed $200 at Best Buy ABC News - Scott Martin - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ Research In Motion's PlayBook could be the latest casualty in the heated tablet computer war. The PlayBook's price was slashed by $200 Thursday at Best Buy, and technology analysts speculated that the company could halt ...
	BlackBerry Maker's Issue: Gadgets for Work or Play? Wall Street Journal - Phred Dvorak, Suzanne Vranica - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ As Research In Motion Ltd. executives prepared early this year for the launch of their first tablet, the PlayBook, one big question loomed: Who was the device for? Some executives, like RIM's ...
The PlayBook is Tanking, but RIM Remains 'Highly Committed' to Tablets PC Magazine - Damon Poeter - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ Research in Motion said Thursday that it remains "highly committed to the tablet market" in the face of a report that the company has stopped producing its BlackBerry PlayBook and is mulling getting out of the tablet business entirely. ...
RIM defends PlayBook as more execs bail Register - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ Research in Motion is fighting back against rumors that it's abandoning its PlayBook tablet effort, just as word arrives that two more execs have jumped ship from the Canadian Titanic-emulator. "Rumors suggesting that the BlackBerry PlayBook is being ...
	Has RIM halted production of the PlayBook? CNET - Brooke Crothers - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ Research In Motion says it is not getting out of the tablet business, contrary to analysts who say the company may have halted production of the PlayBook and despite near-fire-sale pricing by a major retailer. The price of all BlackBerry PlayBook ...
	Two more senior staff leave BlackBerry maker RIM Reuters - Steve Marcus, Peter Galloway - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ Jeff McDowell, senior vice president of enterprise and platform marketing for Research in Motion, poses with RIM's prototype PlayBook, a seven-inch tablet, during an interview at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, ...
RIM shares fall as it denies it's killing PlayBook Seattle Post Intelligencer - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ LOS ANGELES (AP) â€” Shares of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. slid further Thursday after the company said it remained committed to its PlayBook tablet computer despite lackluster sales and an analyst said a Taiwanese company had laid off ...
RIM Developer-Relations Head Lessard Latest to Leave San Francisco Chronicle - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd.'s head of developer relations is leaving the company, adding to a spate of executive departures at the maker of BlackBerry smartphones. Tyler Lessard, vice-president, global alliances and developer ...
	RIM says committed to PlayBook amid price cuts AFP - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ MONTREAL �" BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) dismissed a report on Thursday that it was pulling the plug on its PlayBook tablet computer. Major US retailers, meanwhile, slashed the price of the PlayBook by up to $200. The move comes a day after ...
Is the End Near for the PlayBook? New York Times (blog) - Ian Austen - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ OTTAWA _ A semiconductor analysts in London, John Vihn of Collins Stewart, said in a investment note on Thursday that Research in Motion may have stopped production of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and may stop the development of all ...
BlackBerry maker RIM says it's keeping its PlayBook tablet on the market CanadianBusiness.com - LuAnn LaSalle - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ MONTREAL - Research In Motion said Thursday its PlayBook computer tablet will stay on the market and dismissed speculation that the tablet will be discontinued as "pure fiction. ...
RIM denies leaving tablet market CBC.ca - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ Beginning of Story Content Shares in BlackBerry maker Research In Motion slumped Thursday, despite the firm's denial of a report that it had halted production of its PlayBook tablet computer and cancelled additional tablet projects. ...
RIM PlayBook to support Android apps ... well, sort of ZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎ Summary: RIM adds feature to PlayBook to support Android apps … but many Android apps will be left out in the cold. RIM has outlined to developers plans to get Android apps running on its ...