Three UK leaked roadmap has the Wi-Fi only BlackBerry PlayBook arriving in June
By
Bla1ze on 20 Mar 2011 04:56 pm
If there was any doubt remaining about when the BlackBerry PlayBook was launching in the UK, the above image should put some folks minds at ease. Taken from their leaked roadmap, Three UK has the BlackBerry PlayBook in the Wi-Fi only flavor pegged for a June release date. This timeline does back up the rumors circulating over the past few days about a June UK launch. All we can do now is hope that release date sticks for those of you in the UK. In the meantime, we're still hanging on for a US and Canada launch.
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Source: Engadget
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forsakenwaste5 Mar 20, 2011 at 5:03 pm
lame..
Nashstruck Mar 20, 2011 at 5:23 pm
gonna get an ipad instead...
blackcaneaddict Mar 21, 2011 at 3:54 pm
I'm so like QNX vs. Honeycomb right now.
BluCheze Mar 20, 2011 at 5:24 pm
How disappointing is this sh1t? The more the wait the more I'm tempted to buy an Ipad 2. I hate this game RIM is playing.
daveshiz Mar 20, 2011 at 5:28 pm
sad and boring thankfully i,m giving it a miss
nasigorengpete Mar 20, 2011 at 5:30 pm
jeez... june?!?!?!?!?! And I bet it's end of June!!!
another 3.5 months full of video teasers for the UK!!!!
enzo07i Mar 20, 2011 at 6:10 pm
either March 27 or April 11 for US, yes!
shahriyar Mar 20, 2011 at 5:42 pm
Research In Maze
mitternacht0 Mar 20, 2011 at 5:44 pm
No way Blackberry, when will it arrive in germany then??? August??? Very disappointing. I´ll buy an white ipad instead, maybe i´ll sell it again for the playbook, or wait for pb2......... :-(
lerxster Mar 20, 2011 at 5:49 pm
Wow you guys sound like you have ADHD!
For me it's more time to save up for it :-)
diegonei Mar 20, 2011 at 6:05 pm
And so it is for many. But many many others will say sc&$w this and get an iPad2, HP, or Xoom.
And I can't see how this can benefit RIM...
EDIT: Just read here how smart Apple actually can be...
http://www.blackberrycool.com/2011/03/20/tablets-at-sxswi-how-the-big-th...
lerxster Mar 20, 2011 at 6:07 pm
I'm sure RIM would not want to release a product that, in their eyes, wasn't finished.
luqman24 Mar 20, 2011 at 6:37 pm
But it was dumb of RIM to announce a product almost a year before its launch. That would just kill all the hype for us consumers. See other competitors finish testing and everything, then announce a launch date which usually isn't that far away from the launch date. Also they gave other competitors a chance to pull away RIM's customers. If I were Mike L, I wouldn't announce a Launch date 6 or 9 months before any testing or hardware assembling was done. RIM, you shot yourself in the foot again SMH.
lerxster Mar 20, 2011 at 7:04 pm
I suppose one of the reasons they announced it so early on is that they would have to excite developers to get them to develop for a brand new platform.
I guess I have patience and don't mind hanging about for something I want.
gregorylkelly Mar 20, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Actually it wasn't dumb. If they hadn't announced it, I would have already purchased a Samsung Galaxy Tab or an iPad. But, because RIM announced the PlayBook, I have been holding out. They haven't lost any potential customers by announcing it early, but they may have gained some.
luqman24 Mar 20, 2011 at 6:11 pm
Ouch! Sucks to be living in the UK
tmelon Mar 20, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Soon the question will be:
Wait for the PlayBook, or buy the iPad 3?
The iPad 2 will be ancient by the time RIM releases the PlayBook.
popo341 Mar 20, 2011 at 7:20 pm
Honestly who cars out all tablets really? How about new hand sets!
slider999 Mar 20, 2011 at 7:56 pm
It's really sad I thought worst case would be may for Germany.
So we have to wait again
... jeopardy music is playing ...
pipotobe Mar 20, 2011 at 8:03 pm
June, june ha ha ha it could be June of 2012 or June 2013.
I bet that this PB will never be released....
cceller Mar 20, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Ugh - I am doing my best to remain loyal ... but RIM is falling behind even more - is thing vapor ware?
BigR3dBri Mar 20, 2011 at 9:03 pm
I spoke with a Staples Canada employee - tech guy - and was told April 4th release in Canada
I hope so... or I hope it is sooner
Sirhill Mar 20, 2011 at 10:21 pm
tons of bitching when RIM has not said one word. I would say wait till RIM makes an announcement before anyone jumps off the bridge. All of this is still rumor until RIM gives a date. I keep hearing five different date for the US release and none of them are right cause RIM has made any official. So until then don't believe one word.
zensen Mar 20, 2011 at 11:00 pm
I know here in Australia, Three isn't always the first carrier to launch certain phones/products. I would be more interested in what vodafones 'roadmap" is?
secondly, RIM shouldn't limit themselves to just the carriers, I mean its not even a bloody phone. Also I have no qualms with getting a wifi only version, I mean my laptop doesn't have 3g connectivity - I find paying for an expensive plan ludicrous...
thirdly, hopefully some smart chappy will be able to allow USB modems to be connected via the PlayBook - why limit yourself RIM. I mean HP certainly aren't with their upcoming WEBOS coming to as many HP products possible and that in itself is fantastic for a platform. So hopefully RIM understands that you need more than a few fancy apps and a tablet.
dodger_moore Mar 21, 2011 at 7:30 am
What's to stop people in the UK ordering / buying a Playbook from the US once it gets released there?
abbots Mar 27, 2011 at 9:08 am
i pad 2 has sold out in the uk on day 1 come on RIM give us the playbook