Call iPad? BlackBerry PlayBook sold 250,000 units in the first month of listing

According to foreign media reports, in April of this year, RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer finally went on sale after many hardships, but then suffered from a series of negative news. Recently, the sales momentum of the tablet computer finally got a certain improvement.

Best Buy Co. is one of the major retailers of the BlackBerry PlayBook. Although no specific sales figures were announced, Best Buy said that the pre-listing sales of the PlayBook exceeded the company's expectations. Rating agency RBC Capital stated in a study published this week that based on its informal survey of retailers, the first month of RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook sales may have reached 250,000 units, and it is expected that On May 28 this year, RIM reached 500,000 units by the end of its first fiscal quarter this year.

However, the results of such informal surveys are often inaccurate, and they are dwarfed by the sales data of 300,000 units on the first day of the iPad listing and 3.27 million units of the first month of the iPad. However, if the PlayBook's sales are really close to the data published by the Royal Bank of Canada Capital, then it can at least prove that the Tablet PC has successfully entered the very competitive tablet market.

Best Buy refuses to disclose PlayBook sales In April of this year, Best Buy once stated that the company has set a very high sales target for the PlayBook, and now the tablet PC sales have exceeded Best Buy's expectations. Best Buy said on Friday that consumers continue to order PlayBooks on the company's website, but Best Buy still declined to disclose specific sales.

PlayBook is RIM's most important product launched in recent years, and set off the company's new wave of products launched in the world, including several new models of BlackBerry phones that will be on sale in the coming months. According to RIM executives, the company is undergoing a process of transition from performance-safe corporate handset device manufacturers to fashion electronics manufacturers, including smartphones and tablet computers, and the recent launch of new rounds of products to RIM. This major transformation has very important significance.

The user acceptance of PlayBook is even more important.

Prior to the release of quarterly earnings in June, RIM will not announce the specific sales of the PlayBook. Despite the encouraging announcement of the initial shipments of the PlayBook during the previous month, RIM has not announced its sales expectations.

Dave Miller, a spokeswoman for Cellular South, the BlackBerry’s eighth-best wireless operator, said BlackBerry sales are currently gaining momentum, especially for those who previously used BlackBerrys. This Tablet PC. Miller said: "These corporate users regard the PlayBook as the best partner for their BlackBerry. User returns are also rare."

But there are also industry insiders who are pessimistic about PlayBook sales. On Friday, a blog that closely followed PlayBook sales quoted anonymous sources saying that the PlayBook sold at one of the retailers was lower than previously expected, and the return rate was high.

In response to this immediately, RIM stated that the blog’s report is in severe contradiction with the company’s positive sales data received from its major retail partners.

RIM is experiencing the "teething pain" of the early listing of the PlayBook (referring to issues that occurred during the early stages of the development of the business). Due to an operating system failure, RIM just recalled 1,000 PlayBook tablets earlier this month.