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RUMOR: Beleaguered RIM axes 10-inch PlayBook tablet

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 · 4:16 pm · 32 Comments

“A few weeks back we exclusively received word on some of the details regarding the rumored 10″ BlackBerry PlayBook aka PlayBook 2,” Lucas Atkins reports for N4BB.

“However, it seems RIM has changed their mind, as we’ve received new word that the entire 10″ PlayBook development has been canceled,” Atkins reports. “The reason we’re told is for production focus on the first QNX powered BlackBerry ‘Superphone.’”

Atkins reports, “There is no known release date for the BlackBerry ‘Superphone’ or a known codename.”

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NCG598

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 4:21 pm · Reply

Blackberry’s new Superphone!!

Super-phony iPhone.
- dijonaise
  
  Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 4:52 pm · Reply
  
  Plus one my friend.
Mac Plus

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 4:22 pm · Reply

Not gonna say it… can’t help self….Bloodbath!
- paul
  
  Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 11:14 pm · Reply
  
  No No No. You got to say it right.
  
  It not BLOODBATH! It’s …..B..B..B…BLOODBATH!!
Mac Plus

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 4:23 pm · Reply

Blackberry’s new Vaporphone!
- althegeo
  
  Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 8:59 pm · Reply
  
  Love the avatar.
Prester John

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 4:27 pm · Reply

Let’s be honest. R.I.M. = Replacements in Macstores (now)
RIM King

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 4:27 pm · Reply

There goes more RIMjobs being lost. How will they make up for the lost RIMjobs? I hope they work on that phone faster so more RIMjobs aren’t lost.
- Derek Currie
  
  Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 5:18 pm · Reply
  
  Apoplectic ROTFLMAO
lavaheaduk

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 4:29 pm · Reply

R I P Playbook lol
24january1984

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 4:29 pm · Reply

The name alone is an admission of self-doubt.

Swirling.
Dmitri

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 4:30 pm · Reply

I can’t wait to hear the co-CEOs explain how they discovered that the 7-inch playbook is so perfect, so exactly what everyone wants, that they realized they had to dump the 10-incher because their current level of perfection could never be equaled.
SmackWaterJack

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 4:43 pm · Reply

There can be ONLY ONE!!
joe blo

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 4:53 pm · Reply

Aww, man. Is professional hour over already? Fscking douchebags. Good bye, RIMM. Hee, hee, hee ….
Abrey

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 5:12 pm · Reply

So RIM shrunk from 10″ to 7″?

How embarrassing.
- Now, Now...
  
  Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 6:36 pm · Reply
  
  Rather shouldn’t that be, RIM couldn’t get it up to 10 inches… Now that IS embarrassing! ( chuckles)…
  - qka
    
    Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 10:43 pm · Reply
    
    The co-CEOs will tell you it’s not the size, but rather what you can do with it.
    
    In RIM’s case, that’s not much.
DMac

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 5:13 pm · Reply

Super phone because, unlike the PlayBook, it can do email without syncing to another device!
ken1w

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 5:16 pm · Reply

These “leaks” (many of them intentional) just cause any remaining RIM customers to delay purchases of existing RIM products.
- S. Balmy
  
  Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 9:12 pm · Reply
  
  I doubt both of their customers will delay their purchases.
diskgrinder

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 5:55 pm · Reply

transient phonenema
Bizlaw

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 6:22 pm · Reply

Probably a good think for RIM. If the 10″ Playbook was going to be as half-assed as the 7″ model, then RIM should put its money into a new phone OS rather than a tablet that’s going to gather dust on Staples’ shelves.
- qka
  
  Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 10:49 pm · Reply
  
  It’s not the OS per se, but rather the software layered on top of it.
  
  QNX is an Unix-like OS that was developed for realtime applications. I’ve been aware of it since the 80s. It has a very good reputation for realtime systems in a wide variety industries; even after being purchased by RIM it is still available for purchase, see qnx.com
  
  I hope that if RIM dissolves, QNX survives and grows.
Mac Daddy

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 6:35 pm · Reply

Ha! *Now* “Amateur Hour” is over, indeed.
- Dmitri
  
  Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 7:21 pm · Reply
  
  I’m still stunned by what snotbags these guys were. SO condescending. SO “of course we’ll destroy Apple with the Playbook.” SO “Amateur hour is over.
  
  Indeed.
G-number

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 7:35 pm · Reply

Even Arnold J. is sneering at how lame these RIMmers are!
KenC

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 7:55 pm · Reply

But it’s just laughable that they call the apps on their smartphones, “Superapps”, when they are the same apps on iOS and Android. If Apple did that, you know there’d be someone launching a class-action lawsuit, for marketing regular apps as Super apps.

Now, a StuporPhone. Can’t they leave well enough alone?
Jim

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 8:22 pm · Reply

Cue RIMshot
althegeo

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 8:37 pm · Reply

Hold that 10″ Playbook 2. Let’s make a smokescreen “cough superphone cough”, and get to work on that shitty OS.