RIM's PlayBook is currently available in a Wi-Fi only version. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
Research in Motion previously said its PlayBook tablet would be available on Verizon, but Verizon isn?t ready to hop on board just yet.
Verizon Wireless has yet to decide whether it will offer the BlackBerry PlayBook to its customers, according to a company spokesperson.
?We are still evaluating the Blackberry Playbook and have not made a determination as to whether or not we?re going to distribute it,? Verizon Wireless spokesperson Brenda Raney told CNET in a statement.
Verizon?s indecision conflicts with previous statements made by RIM. In an interview two weeks before the PlayBook?s debut, RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis confirmed to Wired.com that a Verizon 4G LTE version of the PlayBook would be released over the summer, along with AT&T and Sprint versions of the tablet. The BlackBerry PlayBook launched on Tuesday in its Wi-Fi only models.
In separate statements issued to Wired.com, both AT&T and Sprint confirmed that 4G versions of the PlayBook would be released on each carrier?s respective network this summer.
RIM did not immediately return a request for comment.
The PlayBook has had its share of stumbles in the weeks leading up to its debut. Early reviews from tech journalists were lukewarm at best (including our own), citing a lack of crucial features like native e-mail, calendar and contact apps and stability issues with Adobe Flash-based content.
Problems also arose between RIM and AT&T earlier this week as the BlackBerry Bridge app ? which lets users connect their PlayBook to an existing BlackBerry smartphone, in order to check email and access the phone?s data connection ? was unavailable for download through BlackBerry App World for users who have AT&T-carried BlackBerry phones. AT&T stated it had just received the app, and had to test it before approving it for AT&T customers on App World.
Day one PlayBook sales estimates, however, suggest the tablet?s outlook may not as grim as analysts expected. As many as 50,000 PlayBooks were sold on Tuesday, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky. The number includes pre-ordered devices, which accounted for about half of the first day sales. Abramsky forecasts 500,000 PlayBooks shipped by the end of May.
Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/04/verizon-blackberry-playbook-4g/
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