Verizon Undecided On Offering 4G BlackBerry PlayBook

Research in Motion formerly mentioned its PlayBook inscription would be existing on Verizon, but Verizon isn't ready to bound on house only yet.

Verizon Wireless has nonetheless to confirm either it will offer the BlackBerry PlayBook to its customers, according to a firm spokesperson.

"We are still evaluating the Blackberry Playbook and have not done a integrity as to either or not we're going to apportion it," Verizon Wireless orator Brenda Raney told CNET in a statement.

Verizon's hesitancy conflicts with previous statements done by RIM. In an talk two weeks before the PlayBook's debut, RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis fixed to Wired.com that a Verizon 4G LTE chronicle of the PlayBook would be expelled over the summer, along with ATT and Sprint versions of the tablet. The BlackBerry PlayBook launched on Tuesday in its Wi-Fi only models.

In well-defined statements issued to Wired.com, both ATT and Sprint fixed that 4G versions of the PlayBook would be expelled on any carrier's particular network this summer.

RIM did not right away lapse a solicit for comment.

The PlayBook has had its share of stumbles in the weeks heading up to its debut. Early reviews from tech reporters were warm at most appropriate ( inclusive the own ), citing a insufficient of major features similar to local e-mail, monthly calendar and meeting apps and fortitude problems with Adobe Flash-based calm .

Problems moreover arose between RIM and ATT progressing this week as the BlackBerry Bridge app - that lets users link up their PlayBook to an existing BlackBerry smartphone, to be able to examine email and access the phone's information connection - was not available for download by BlackBerry App World for users who have ATT-carried BlackBerry phones. ATT settled it had only received the app, and had to assessment it before commendatory it for ATT customers on App World.

Day a PlayBook sales estimates, however, indicate the tablet's standpoint might not as grave as analysts expected. As many as 50,000 PlayBooks were sole on Tuesday, according to RBC Capital Markets researcher Mike Abramsky. The number includes pre-ordered devices, that accounted for about half of the initial day sales. Abramsky forecasts 500,000 PlayBooks shipped by the finish of May.