PlayBook Executive Leaves RIM for Samsung

[JMcEntegart]

RIM's PlayBook hasn't exactly been a smash hit success, and now it seems the man heading up the project has left the building.

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[dalethepcman]

The playbook would have done a lot better in the market if you didn't have to have a blackberry to make it useful.

 

[jacobdrj]

[citation][nom]dalethepcman[/nom]The playbook would have done a lot better in the market if you didn't have to have a blackberry to make it useful.[/citation]
I thought it made for a tangible 'product differentiating feature'...

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[captaincharisma]

RIM really should just stick to the business crowd instead of trying to cater to the iphone sheep

 

[Guest]

Discontinue the PB line would be one huge mistake, the thing has potential that is so obvious what that means: good hardware, lousy marketing. With a gadget so $$$ I am going to go with review as buy/no-buy: lousy tablet that gets nothing right.

 

[flybri]

Jane, I think you mean "Director of Product Marketing"

 

[eddieroolz]

While I've only used a PlayBook sporadically at storefronts, I think the lack of native applications at launch really hurt the platform. That's just one issue among many, but I think the one that stands out a lot.