It seems Apple are owning BlackBerry in more ways the one. We all know the iPhone sells better than the latest BlackBerry handset. We all know that PlayBook won't touch the iPad. It's a shame because I have a soft spot for BB, but it's true. And if this is true, this latest piece of news must really add salt in the wound for RIM.
According toTaiwanese publication DigiTimes reported the delay of RIM’s 7-inch BlackBerry PlayBook may have been due Apple taking the lion’s share of touch display production capacity leaving RIM short of what they need to produce their tablets.
RIM’s answer to the iPad had originally been scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2011. Instead, the PlayBook will ship more than one month after Apple shipped the second-generation of its successful tablet. Leaving it plenty of time to take a hold of the market the first iPad has already helped them to dominate.
On the plus side it was recently revealed that the PlayBook will support Android OS 2.3-compatible applications in addition to existing BlackBerry apps. In this fierce world of portable devices company merging is a key to survival. See Nokia and Microsoft for example.
What is interesting about this story is that there aren't enough components for everyone to make what they want, when they went. We'll probably be seeing more of it in the future.