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Confirmed: RIM BlackBerry PlayBook Arrives on April 10
The introduction of the BlackBerry PlayBook seems like an eternity ago. The QNX powered tablet was first introduced at DefCon 2010…as in September 2010, long before the Apple iPad 2, Motorola Xoom or HP TouchPad tablets had seen the light of day. But BlackBerry fans won’t have to wait much longer to get their hands on one. We’ve confirmed with multiple reliable sources with first-hand knowledge and involvement with the launch that April 10 is the PlayBook’s official availability date.
RIM is busy making the rounds again with the PlayBook. It held a PlayBook event in New York earlier this week and is in San Francisco for GDC 2011. Our own Chuong Nguyen interviewed a RIM spokesperson yesterday (video below) who was mum on an official release date.
At this point, it would be good if RIM would actually tell its fans when the PlayBook will be released. It’s been almost six months and the guessing game is getting kinda old for all the BlackBerry diehards who put off buying an iPad or Galaxy Tab in favor of waiting for the PlayBook.
RIM will likely announce the official April 10 launch date at CTIA in Florida later this month. Tablets will be a big topic at the show and there isn’t a bigger stage before April 10 for RIM to announce availability.
The iPad 2 is the hot topic this week, but RIM will surely grab a lot of attention, especially amongst corporate types when it hits shelves on April 10.
Rumors of the April 10 availability date began floating around yesterday thanks to a BGR article. Now that we’ve followed up with our own sources, we’re very confident at pegging that as the PlayBook’s official debut date. It’s about time…
sf18443
03/04/2011 at 12:15 am
Well, you sound confident, but RIM officially responded saying that the April 10 date is simply untrue. And that the Playbook would be launched in March
Dan Humphries
03/04/2011 at 12:52 am
Link please?
Xavier Lanier
03/04/2011 at 1:02 am
RIM hasn’t officially said anything to my knowledge. If you have heard of a March date, it’ll likely be CTIA related, which is the third week of March, but that’ll be the announcement of availability.
candace ramnarine
03/05/2011 at 3:12 am
ive heard as well its the 21st of march! rim waterloo has announced its launching it. april the 10th is the date that it will be selling world wide!
the said date of it going on sale in the US is 25-29th…closer to the end of the month
Kyle Brown
03/04/2011 at 12:43 am
Playbook rulesssssss!
Skedaddles
03/04/2011 at 2:57 am
Now THAT is multi-tasking!!! Wow!!!
Ooops
03/05/2011 at 6:42 am
RIM said it was March right here.
https://www.pocket-lint.com/news/38909/rim-blackberry-playbook-uk-release
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03/05/2011 at 7:04 am
Playbook has come out strong and stronger from very begining. First it started of with best processor and ram size. It had best front and back camera’s. Size is very portable and sleek. Great battery backup and added 4g to its kit. Latest addition of android apps support solved its main drawback of having not many apps compared to ipad. So it will be a clear winner if costumers are not dump in recognizing its value
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