{"id":1243,"date":"2011-04-21T01:02:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T05:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retailprophet.com\/blog\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2011-04-21T01:02:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T05:02:21","slug":"playbook-gets-subdued-retail-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/2011\/04\/21\/playbook-gets-subdued-retail-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayBook gets subdued retail launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/\">Computerworld<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Matt Hamblen<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 301px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/blackberry-playbook2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"219\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Blackberry Playbook Tablet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nobody expects the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/s\/article\/9215986\/Hands_on_BlackBerry_PlayBook_tablet_released_before_it_was_ready_\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener\">BlackBerry PlayBook tablet<\/a> to sell as well as the iPad 2. Still, Research In Motion seems to have taken an especially measured approach with its PlayBook launch, which started Tuesday in stores such as Best Buy and Radio Shack.<\/p>\n<p>All along, analysts have predicted that RIM would mainly sell the first Wi-Fi-only version direct to business customers, RIM&#8217;s traditional base.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/s\/article\/9215993\/PlayBook_gets_subdued_retail_launch_\">Read More<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Computerworld By Matt Hamblen Nobody expects the\u00a0BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to sell as well as the iPad 2. 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