Daniel Eran DilgerThe Canadian smartphone maker was expected to ship 11 to 12 million BlackBerry phones and between 400,000 and 600,000 PlayBooks, putting its actual figures into dismal territory.
RIM also spent much of its cash, ending the quarter with just $1.4 billion after entering it with $2.9 billion. The company contributed $780 million toward the purchase of Nortel patents, acting in the consortium that included also Apple, Microsoft and Sony.
In contrast, Apple sold 20.34 million iPhones and 9.25 million iPads its its most recent quarter, although the two company's fiscal quarters cover slightly different periods.
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Playbook ...
cancel it. You've lost RIM
What a disaster. However, instead of replacing the clueless two running the company we will see more layoffs.
Playbook ...
cancel it. You've lost RIM
Agreed. They have wasted time developing this POS. They should have spent that time on BB OS.
I smell another $99 liquidation sale for the blackJunk playbroke !
If they shipped 200,000, then I wonder how many they actually sold. We saw this with Samsung too. Posting of shipping numbers, but leaving out all the ones not sold or even returned.
I smell another $99 liquidation sale for the blackJunk playbroke !
Big difference is the playbook needs a BB for critical functionality. I was interested in a $99 TouchPad but not so much a $99 Playbook.