Earlier this week a rumor surfaced from a statement by Kaufman Brothers analyst Shaw Wu that the PlayBook would likely be delayed due to battery issues. It didn’t take long for RIM to fire back with the following statement:
“Any testing or observation of battery life to date by anyone outside of RIM would have been performed using pre-beta units that were built without power management implemented. RIM is on track with its schedule to optimize the BlackBerry PlayBook’s battery life and looks forward to providing customers with a professional grade tablet that offers superior performance with comparable battery life.”
We didn’t expect RIM to stay quiet on this issue and with their typical statement style they dismissed the statement from the analyst. Hopefully RIM will release exact battery life and release date at CES next week. Thanks to DavidB for the tip.
Source: BGR
tfrankson ( View Profile) Beginner - Posts: 195
Posted: December 30, 2010 at 11:41 AM EST
Good to know, time will tell. I can’t wait to get one.
Terrence T ( View Profile) Guru - Posts: 1777
Posted: December 30, 2010 at 11:48 AM EST
well… time will tell
parked ( View Profile) Beginner - Posts: 236
Posted: December 30, 2010 at 12:48 PM EST from my BlackBerry 9650
Shaw Wu = moded.
Come on, RIM, prove him wrong.
DavidB ( View Profile) Guru - Posts: 1754
Posted: December 30, 2010 at 1:10 PM EST from my BlackBerry 9530
Is it any wonder? Again we have an analyst talking about unsubstantiated “news”.
Luis Merlos ( View Profile) Moderator - Posts: 1259
Posted: December 30, 2010 at 1:12 PM EST from my BlackBerry 9800 | OS 6.0+
Yeah that’s why I said on the previous post to take it as rumors since it was just his words.
Amir Saad Not Registered
Posted: December 30, 2010 at 1:40 PM EST
Yeah, he just probably left google maps running in the background and that killed his battery..
lol
Luis Merlos ( View Profile) Moderator - Posts: 1259
Posted: December 30, 2010 at 1:43 PM EST from my BlackBerry 9800 | OS 6.0+
Haha that’s funny bc I done that before on my BlackBerry specially google latitude it eats the battery quick
Corey Davis ( View Profile) Moderator - Posts: 1139
Posted: January 3, 2011 at 11:31 AM EST
What? You mean it doesn’t use the D-X1 battery? FML! lol Joking.
barrist ( View Profile) Master - Posts: 1188
Posted: January 10, 2011 at 10:08 PM EST
Shaw Wu has been discredited even by Apple-ites. He’s just guessing.