When RIM, the brand popular for its BlackBerry line of smartphones entered the tablet space with the launch of PlayBook, it did so with the hopes of replicating its smartphone success. However, months after its launch, the PlayBook failed to draw attention to itself, resulting in what the reports have to reveal now. According to a report in the Guardian UK, as many as 800,000 PlayBook tablets today lie in RIM's inventories untouched, after its less impressive features fizzled out the interest of its potential buyers - BlackBerry loyalists included. Those following our reports on the BlackBerry PlayBook would know that RIM deprived the PlayBook of the most basic features, like email, contacts, more apps, among others.
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