I think our customers have been waiting for the native e-mail, calendar and contacts. They'll have to keep waiting. On last month's earnings call, RIM executives referred to the software's "upcoming" launch and said that they would show it off at RIM's developer conference, held last week in San Francisco. RIM did demo OS 2. But consumers won't get the update until next year.
And even with the delay, the OS 2. Smith wrote simply: "We're still working on it. The delay could further crimp the PlayBook's already disappointing sales. Last quarter, RIM shipped just , PlayBooks -- a significant drop-off from the , shipped in the prior quarter. Office Depot and Staples have also offered their own deals. RIM was counting on PlayBook 2. Your feedback is important to us. However, we do not guarantee individual replies due to the high volume of messages.
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Aug 11, Sep 17, RIM making new touchscreen smartphone, tablet device Jun 15, Apr 01, Sep 22, It also allows users to use their BlackBerry's as a keyboard and mouse for the Playbook. The Playbook is RIM's first effort to branch out from its smartphone base and capture a portion of the tablet computer market.
The tablets however haven't been selling well, forcing the company to sell them at a deep discount. The Waterloo, Ontario-based company said they sold , Playbook tablets last quarter. That number pales in comparison to the top-selling iPad, of which Apple shipped Thorsten Heins became the new chief as the once-iconic maker of the BlackBerry smartphone confronts the most difficult period in its history.
Americans are abandoning their Blackberrys for flashier touch-screen phones such as Apple's iPhone and various competing models that run Google's Android software.
The company still has 75 million active subscribers, but many analysts believe the company will lose market share internationally, just as it has in the US.
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