As PlayBook launches, Cisco's Cius slowly emerges

14.04.2011

RIM's PlayBook is set to go on sale April 19. Like the Cius, it is targeted at enterprises rather than consumers, though the PlayBook will be sold at Best Buy stores. Like the Cius, it also didn't quite meet a first-quarter shipping forecast. But the PlayBook has generated more controversy than the Cius, despite -- or because of -- RIM's mobile heritage. The company's tablet without a tethered BlackBerry handset.

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