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For a couple of months now there has been some buzz surrounding the upcoming Blackberry tablet known as the Playbook. Is it for real or just a lot of hype over nothing, like some of the recent phones from RIM? This CES provided a hands-on which finally gave people a chance to find out. This relatively small 5x7 device has
With a reported 150,000 units sold in the first week, and a nearly instant price cut, the Blackberry Torch doesn't appear to have met RIM's expectations. But I'm unsure how it could have been any other way. To start with, 150,000 units is a good opening figure for any company with the single exception of Apple. Compare it with the
IDC's latest press release on mobile phones and smartphones in Europe shows the sector grew 8% in the past year, that smartphones represent over a quarter of all phones shipped and that current leader Nokia is losing market share. The total mobile market grew 8% year-on-year with over 42 million units shipped in the first quarter of 2010. Of this,