BlackBerry PlayBook landing as soon as February?
Research In Motion may be planning to release the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet as early as late February.
Edel Ebbs, RIM’s vice president of investor relations, said yesterday in its fiscal third-quarter earnings call that “no PlayBook revenues [are] included in our Q4 guidance, and we expect the first revenue impact from PlayBook to be in RIM’s first quarter.” His quote comes from a call transcript published on SeekingAlpha.
Ebbs also noted that RIM’s tablet will impact the company’s operating expenses on “development, marketing, and launch preparation activities” in its fiscal fourth quarter.
RIM’s fiscal fourth quarter ends on February 26, potentially giving it a small window to release the tablet at the end of that month. If not, the PlayBook will likely be released before the end of May.
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