PlayBook sales

RIM reports Q1 earnings: misses analyst estimates, Q2 outlook misses, layoffs coming

June 16th, 2011

Zach Epstein

Research In Motion on Thursday reported earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2012. After cutting its first-quarter outlook at the end of April, RIM’s May quarter came in below analyst estimates. First quarter revenue came in at $4.9 billion versus the Street’s estimate of $5.5 billion, and device shipments totalled 13.2 million versus expectations …

BlackBerry PlayBook sales miss targets by over 90% at major retailer, ‘much higher’ return rate than XOOM

May 20th, 2011

Jonathan S. Geller

According to a trusted source from a major big box retailer, sales of RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook have fallen far short of expectations. In addition, we’re told that the PlayBook is being returned at a higher pace than the Motorola XOOM. According to our source, PlayBook sales at this particular retailer missed internal sales targets by …