The Playbook RIM late because of Apple

According to the manufacturers of touch screens, RIM has postponed the launch of its playbook shelf due to monopolization of the production of slab by Apple. Financial reports RIM suggest that the firm had originally planned release in March. The official date has yet been set for April 19 recently for marketing in North America at a price of $ 500, the playbook was assembled by Quanta.

According to DigiTimes, Apple plays the strategy that leads the field of NAND passing of very large orders for its screens (see "The NAND out of stock due to Apple"). He took advantage of favorable prices and thus undermines its competitors. Nonetheless, it appears that manufacturers are beginning to fill orders from other brands.

The output for the month of April the playbook seems on track, even if RIM does not offer mail client initially.

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• RIM BlackBerry PlayBook Will Cost The Same As Apple iPad 2 (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG) (22/03/2011)
• RIM confirms ship date, pricing for PlayBook tablet (24/03/2011)

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