RIMs Playbook facing poor battery life. Pushed out launch to May 2011?

WorldWideTech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

Compared with the Samsung Galaxy Tab with 6 hours and the iPad with 10 hours of battery life the RIMs Playbook is getting just a “ few” hours,said analyst Shaw  Wu of  Kaufman Bros.

"This is likely why RIM pushed out its launch to the May 2011 quarter," Wu said, referring to the March to May timeframe. "Keep in mind that QNX wasn't originally designed for mobile environments but rather for devices like network equipment and automobiles where battery life isn't as much of a constraint."

Wu maintained a pessimistic view of RIM's initial sales for the PlayBook and that it might move just 700,000 of the devices in all of 2011, well below the one to eight million others are estimating. A lack of content beyond the Amazon MP3 and Kobo deals, such as apps and videos, may hold it back where Apple's iPad thrives on the elements the PlayBook currently lacks.

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