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If you've been keeping an ear to the techie ground, you'll probably
have heard some analyst chatter suggesting RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook
may be delayed due to issues relating to its supposedly poor battery
life. That scuttlebutt has now turned out to be mostly unfounded, with
RIM clarifying the situation through a communiqué sent to
Erictric:
"Any testing or observation of battery life to date by anyone outside
of RIM would have been performed using pre-beta units that were built
without power management implemented. RIM is on track with its
schedule to optimize the BlackBerry PlayBook's battery life and looks
forward to providing customers with a professional grade tablet that
offers superior performance with comparable battery life."
To be sure, it's not an outright denial that there may be PlayBooks
floating about with disappointing battery performance, but the
immaturity of the software on them is clearly such as to invalidate
any conclusions drawn. Perhaps more important than the imprecise
discussion of battery longevity (what does "comparable" even mean in
this context?) is the note that the company is still on track to
complete its software optimizations and deliver its first tablet on
schedule. Guess we can all quit worrying now.
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