“BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. has recalled about 1,000 of its PlayBook tablets that were shipped with faulty operating systems that may have prevented users from performing the initial setup of the device,” Stuart Weinberg reports for Dow Jones Newswires. “In a statement, RIM said the majority of the affected devices are still in the distribution channel and haven’t reached customers.”
MacDailyNews Take: Of course they haven’t.
Weinberg reports, “The statement followed a report on the Engadget blog Saturday that said the faulty batch of PlayBooks were shipped to Staples. The blog didn’t identify whether the Staples stores that received the recalled devices were in Canada or the U.S.”
MacDailyNews Take: Imagine Staples carrying the best tech products for a change. We know, quite the stretch.
Weinberg reports, “The highly-anticipated PlayBook launched to lukewarm reviews last month… RIM hasn’t yet indicated how many PlayBooks it has sold to date. It is expected to provide this information when it reports its results in June.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Another great week begins for DCW.
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I do not understand. The playbook is a new product. How can you have 1000 defective operating systems and not ALL of them being defective? Did they update the system OS after the FIRST 1000 were shipped and they realized they goofed?
Laughing stock of the industry! lol
“MacDailyNews Take: Imagine Staples carrying the best tech products for a change. We know, quite the stretch.”
There was a time, way back when, that Staples sold Macs and Mac software. Then Steve Jobs returned… thank goodness.