RIM Won't Delay the PlayBook, Works on Battery Life

Recently, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion was rumored to be on its way to delay the release of its new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet PC due to a series of battery life issues that affect the performance of the device, but this is not the case, the company announced.

While it is working on improving the battery life of the upcoming device, RIM says that there are no reasons to delay its official release on the market due to that.

According to a recent article on Erictric, the Waterloo, Ontario-based company responded to the aforementioned claims, stating that the work on the new BlackBerry PlayBook is on schedule, and that the device would arrive on shelves as planned.

“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,” the mobile phone maker stated.

“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.”

Some of the latest rumors on RIM's device suggested that the company might push the launch of the BlackBerry PlayBook to May, although the release window initially targeted was the first quarter of the next year.

The invoked reasons for this delay included the fact that the QNX software at the base of PlayBook's Tablet OS was not optimized for use on devices that needed battery savings.

However, since RIM denied possible delays for the device, we should expect for the first tablet PC from the company to become available for purchase in the following three months.

Info on the markets that would receive it is not available at the moment, though RIM confirmed not too long ago that Canadians would have the opportunity to enjoy the BlackBerry PlayBook on the airwaves of Rogers Wireless in early 2011.