BlackBerry 7 sales sputter after strong start

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RIM share target slashed as PlayBook price falls

Ottawa Citizen - 19 Nov, 2011
Following three consecutive days of upgrades for Research In Motion Ltd. shares, Canada's smartphone maker ended an otherwise optimistic week on a sour note. Canaccord Genuity slashed its RIM price target Friday to $21 US a share from $28. ...

Retailers slash RIM tablet prices

Toronto Star - 19 Nov, 2011
Apple Inc.'s new iPhone 4S and price cuts on legacy models have taken a bite out of sales of Research In Motion Ltd.'s refreshed BlackBerry lineup, according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley. Meanwhile, Best Buy, Future Shop, Sears, ...

RIMM Smartphone Execution Risk Limits Upside: Canaccord

Barron's (blog) - 19 Nov, 2011
With RIMM's BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 just about to hit stores, Canaccord Genuity technology analyst Michael Walkley is lowering his price target on Research in Motion. With new phones, what hurts the stock? ...

Playbook sales booming on deep discounts

CBC.ca - 19 Nov, 2011
Canadian retailers are again selling off Research in Motion's PlayBook tablets at massive discounts and shoppers seem to be eagerly snapping them up. Best Buy, Future Shop, Sears, The Source and Walmart are among the stores selling the tablets at $300 ...

Canadian retailers again selling off RIM's PlayBook at massive discounts

CanadianBusiness.com - 19 Nov, 2011
Research in Motion's Mike Lazaridis holds the PlayBook on Sept. 27, 2010, in San Francisco. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jeff Chiu TORONTO - Canadian retailers are again selling off Research in ...

Canadian Retailers Cut Price of RIM's PlayBook Tablet

Wall Street Journal (blog) - 19 Nov, 2011
Retailers in Canada aren't waiting for Black Friday to try to unload their stockpile of unsold PlayBook tablets. Wal-Mart, Staples and Best Buy in Canada are now offering Research in Motion Ltd.'s PlayBook tablets for under $200, ...

BlackBerry 7 sales sputter after strong start

CNET - 19 Nov, 2011
After some initial excitement for the new line of BlackBerry 7 smartphones and a strong launch--both unusual for RIM for the past year--sales are starting to sputter. ...

BlackBerry PlayBook Black Friday Deal Is Not Enough

PCWorld - 19 Nov, 2011
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States, which means that next Friday is Black Friday--the official launch of the holiday shopping season and a day filled with remarkable deals. One of those Black Friday specials ...

RIMM target lowered 25%

Forbes - 19 Nov, 2011
Following Research in Motion's (RIMM) launch of the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 (set to hit stores just before the holiday season), Canaccord Genuity technology analyst Michael Walkley lowered his price target to $21 from $28, ...

BlackBerry PlayBook drops to $199 on Black Friday

CBS News - 19 Nov, 2011
(CBS) - Get your camping gear ready, CrackBerry fans. The office retail chain Staples is lowering the price of Research in Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook to $199. The 7-inch 16GB model of the tablet retails for $499, but Staples is taking $300 off the ...

Staples Black Friday Deals Include $199 BlackBerry PlayBook

PC Magazine - 19 Nov, 2011
It worked for the HP TouchPad, why not the BlackBerry PlayBook? A sneak peek at the Black Friday deals being offered by Staples shows a huge price drop on Research in Motion's struggling tablet: just $199 for the 16GB version. ...

RIMM: Seeing Slowing Sales, Canaccord Cuts Estimates

Forbes - 19 Nov, 2011
Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley this morning trimmed his estimates and price target for Research In Motion, citing concerns about slowing sales for the company's BlackBerry smartphones. “Our recent checks indicate slowing sell-through ...

Black Friday Steal: BlackBerry PlayBook for $199

PCWorld - 19 Nov, 2011
Don't buy that $199 Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet just yet, bargain hunters. At least one retailer will sell the 7-inch 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook at the same dirt cheap price of $199 on Black Friday. ...

Fire sale on BlackBerry PlayBook?

London Free Press (blog) - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎
While searching for upcoming Black Friday deals, I came across numerous mentions of the 16GB Blackberry PlayBook with Wi-Fi being offered below $200 at Staples stores in the US. After doing a little more digging, I found that they are ...

Remember how the Kindle Fire was going to be a rebadged BlackBerry PlayBook?

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎
My sources tell me that RIM originally outsourced much of the hardware design and production of the PlayBook to mega-ODM Quanta … Amazon's own Kindle group (called Lab 126) apparently opted not ...

BlackBerry Business Users Get 3rd PlayBook Free When Buying 2. Oh, and 'Free ...

N4BB - 19 Nov, 2011
BlackBerry Business Users Get 3rd PlayBook Free When Buying 2. Oh, and 'Free' Upgrade to OS 2.0? Research In Motion has been sending out this email to BlackBerry business users. The email is titled 'Move up To More: Buy 2 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets ...

BlackBerry PlayBook à la early Black Friday

PopHerald.com - 19 Nov, 2011
We most certainly didn't see this one coming, despite RIM's slow and dreadfully fast downfall, we've been keeping our hopes up wishing that the Waterloo-based company will survive the demise it's currently going through. It's not Black Friday yet, ...

Get ready for the BlackBerry PlayBook fire sale

Afterdawn.com - 19 Nov, 2011
Staples and other major retailers are preparing to fire sale the RIM BlackBerry PlayBook tablet this holiday season in an effort to clear out remaining inventory of the unpopular tablet. Starting this afternoon, Staples in Canada will slash $300 off ...

$199 for the 16GB Blackberry PlayBook: Special deal at Staples on Black Friday

Examiner.com - 19 Nov, 2011
Staples or Research in Motion may be testing the waters for the Blackberry PlayBook tablet to see if they can increase demand for the slow selling product by slashing its price by $300 from $499 to $199. But will hoards of customers come to purchase it ...

BlackBerry PlayBook only $199 on Black Friday

Examiner.com - 19 Nov, 2011
If you've been waiting for the right time to get a BlackBerry PlayBook well that time is next Friday. And the place is Staples. As part of their Black Friday sale, Staples will be offering the 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook for $300 less than the retail ...

BlackBerry PlayBook Slashed Down To $199

Mobile Magazine - 19 Nov, 2011
The HP TouchPad fire sale created quite the fervor and it looks like we're ready for another wave of impulse tablet buying. Several retailers have officially cut the price of the BlackBerry PlayBook by $300. ...

Canadian Retailers Try TouchPad-Esque Fire Sale On RIM's Playbook

paidContent.org - 19 Nov, 2011
Will a $300 price cut do for RIM's struggling Playbook tablet what it did for HP's defunct TouchPad tablet? Canadian retailers are slashing prices ahead over the weekend in what appears to be an attempt to clear space before the holiday season rush ...

Black Friday 2011: $199 BlackBerry PlayBook Sale

Christian Post - 19 Nov, 2011
For this year's Black Friday, electronics retailer Staples will sell the BlackBerry PlayBook for the discounted price of $199. The tablet device, made by Research in Motion, will take a $300 price drop from ...

BlackBerry OS 7 Web Inspector: Easily Debug BlackBerry Websites & WebWorks ...

BerryReview - 19 Nov, 2011
I use Web Inspector all the time to work on BerryReview and other projects on my desktop and I was really glad to see it included on the BlackBerry PlayBook. I knew that RIM managed to stick it ...

RIM Slashes The Price Of PlayBook To The Same As Amazon's Kindle Fire

PadGadget - 19 Nov, 2011
By Lory | November 18, 2011 | No comment yet A few months ago, PadGadget wrote about this holiday season's tablet price wars. It looks like Research In Motion (RIM) has started the war off with a bang by offering the 16GB Blackberry Playbook for a mere ...

Motorola shareholders approve Google deal; Retailers to slash PlayBook prices

FierceWireless - 19 Nov, 2011
> IHS iSuppli found that Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet has a bill of materials cost of $185.60. Release > Basis has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against Research In Motion to prevent company from using the BBX name for its operating system ...

BlackBerry PlayBook will be $200 on Black Friday

IntoMobile - 19 Nov, 2011
If for some odd reason, you've been considering the BlackBerry PlayBook but couldn't pull the trigger just yet, you may as well wait until next week because Staples will be offering Research In Motion's first tablet for $199 during its Black Friday ...

RIM Using PlayBook OS 2.0 Update to Push Current PlayBooks

BerryReview - 19 Nov, 2011
by the BerryReview Team on November 18th, 2011 · 5 Comments I just got a new email from RIM pushing their buy two PlayBooks get one free deal for businesses and it had a new twist. RIM is now pushing the fact that you should buy the devices now so you ...

Neverball (MonkeyBall Clone) 3D Game for the BlackBerry PlayBook

BerryReview - 19 Nov, 2011
If you were wondering what the native SDK would open up on the PlayBook you now have another answer. First Drodin ported the classic Linux game, Extreme Tux Racer, to the PlayBook. ...

BlackBerry 7 sales seen slowing, iPhone 4S & Android bad news for RIM

BGR - 19 Nov, 2011
Sales of Research In Motion's new BlackBerry 7 smartphones have slowed in recent weeks as competition from Apple's iPhone 4S and Android phones heats up. In a note to investors on Friday, Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley noted that RIM's new ...

 

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