while rim’s certainly not the only apple competitor caught with its pants down, it was the one with the most to lose. samsung, toshiba, lenovo; they were on the hook for hardware, sure, but they could bunk comfortably on the USS android. and more importantly, they could crank out consumer-focused ipad clones.
rim, though? rim had to make an enterprise tablet. you know, that thing that no one needs or wants. it had to go it alone. and it got it so very, very wrong. no native email or calendar at launch, no bbm. and when you screw it up that badly, all you’re left with is a $485 million answer to a question no one was asking.
— i’ve only ever used one non-ipad tablet: the motorola xoom. i’ve never used the playbook. but a proprietary enterprise tablet without the company’s proprietary enterprise apps, competing with a monster consumer tablet that comes fully loaded? what were they thinking!?
(from the playbook is killing rim, on gizmodo)
