1. yllus's Avatar
    That's the news from the National Post's live blog on RIM's quarterly results.

    Also interesting, Mr. Basillie has resigned from RIM's board of directors.
    03-29-12 03:50 PM
  2. Don Lapre's Avatar
    Thats actually good for them since they lose money on every one sold, maybe next quarter they can get that down to 250,000
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    03-29-12 03:52 PM
  3. JamesDax3's Avatar
    So that's a total of how many to date?
    03-29-12 03:52 PM
  4. Economist101's Avatar
    So that's a total of how many to date?
    1.35 million units shipped.
    03-29-12 03:53 PM
  5. Don Lapre's Avatar
    1.35 million units shipped.
    So how many of those are still sitting in warehouses?
    03-29-12 03:54 PM
  6. theegoldenone's Avatar
    Thats actually good for them since they lose money on every one sold, maybe next quarter they can get that down to 250,000
    THAT statement would be true if they only sold 16G units........
    03-29-12 03:55 PM
  7. howarmat's Avatar
    So how many of those are still sitting in warehouses?
    hard to say, the initial run was suppose to be 1.5 million. its unknown if they had more produced. Maybe report build dates on boxes in dec BUT its assumed that just means the date it was boxed, not that it was built on that date
    03-29-12 03:56 PM
  8. JamesDax3's Avatar
    hard to say, the initial run was suppose to be 1.5 million. its unknown if they had more produced. Maybe report build dates on boxes in dec BUT its assumed that just means the date it was boxed, not that it was built on that date
    I purchased mine in Feb and the date on the box is 081211. Since this was boxed over seas I'm assuming that that means Dec. 8, 2011. But like you said that could just mean it was boxed on that date not built on that date.
    03-29-12 04:04 PM
  9. bb-bandit's Avatar
    That's the news from the National Post's live blog on RIM's quarterly results.

    Also interesting, Mr. Basillie has resigned from RIM's board of directors.
    Thread title is misleading...they SHIPPED 500k. RIM continues to slide downwards...next qtr. is going to be worse. Goodness.
    03-29-12 04:06 PM
  10. theegoldenone's Avatar
    Thread title is misleading...they SHIPPED 500k. RIM continues to slide downwards...next qtr. is going to be worse. Goodness.
    How does one know how many were actually sold? The info in the link says sold.
    03-29-12 04:11 PM
  11. cbvinh's Avatar
    Thread title is misleading...they SHIPPED 500k. RIM continues to slide downwards...next qtr. is going to be worse. Goodness.
    Does this mean we can reassess the news that Apple /shipped/ more iPhones to Canada than RIM /shipped/ Blackberry's? That news article says /shipped/ too... Maybe RIM isn't in trouble in Canada, at least with regards to Apple?
    03-29-12 04:14 PM
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    03-29-12 04:15 PM
  13. howarmat's Avatar
    they never report "sold" numbers, its always shipped.
    03-29-12 04:16 PM
  14. app_Developer's Avatar
    How does one know how many were actually sold? The info in the link says sold.
    That includes those sold to resellers. So the actual number in user's hands is something less than that, but probably not much less since I doubt many retailers are stocking the product in large numbers now.
    03-29-12 04:17 PM
  15. Don Lapre's Avatar
    Does this mean we can reassess the news that Apple /shipped/ more iPhones to Canada than RIM /shipped/ Blackberry's? That news article says /shipped/ too... Maybe RIM isn't in trouble in Canada, at least with regards to Apple?
    Apple reports actual sales, not shipped numbers.
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    03-29-12 04:18 PM
  16. theegoldenone's Avatar
    (Update 4:49 p.m. — RIM’s earnings per share was in line with expectations a 81� US though the company fell very short of revenue expectations of US$4.57-billion, reporting just US$4.19-billion in Q4 revenue. Quarterly smartphone shipments of 11.1 million also fell short of expectations of 11.2-million though PlayBook tablet sales of more than 500,000 were vastly ahead of even the more bullish analyst expectations of about 350,000)

    So does "sales" mean shipped?
    03-29-12 04:19 PM
  17. howarmat's Avatar
    Over 1 million in the wild according to the call.
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    03-29-12 04:19 PM
  18. mikeplus1's Avatar
    hard to say, the initial run was suppose to be 1.5 million. its unknown if they had more produced. Maybe report build dates on boxes in dec BUT its assumed that just means the date it was boxed, not that it was built on that date
    I just received my free 16gb PlayBook for making and submitting an app to AppWorld and it has a Jan 10, 2012 box date (100112) S/N 134507xxxxxx
    03-29-12 04:21 PM
  19. theegoldenone's Avatar
    Over 1 million in the wild according to the call.
    1 million in the wild? Sounds like more than 500k "shipped".
    03-29-12 04:24 PM
  20. app_Developer's Avatar
    1 million in the wild? Sounds like more than 500k "shipped".
    that's total since the product was introduced. There are about 1 million Playbooks total in user's hands today.
    03-29-12 04:25 PM
  21. Don Lapre's Avatar
    (Update 4:49 p.m. � RIM�s earnings per share was in line with expectations a 81� US though the company fell very short of revenue expectations of US$4.57-billion, reporting just US$4.19-billion in Q4 revenue. Quarterly smartphone shipments of 11.1 million also fell short of expectations of 11.2-million though PlayBook tablet sales of more than 500,000 were vastly ahead of even the more bullish analyst expectations of about 350,000)

    So does "sales" mean shipped?
    The press release says "shipped"

    "During the quarter, RIM shipped approximately 11.1 million BlackBerry smartphones and over 500,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets."

    Research In Motion Reports Year-End and Fourth Quarter Results for Fiscal 2012
    03-29-12 04:25 PM
  22. howarmat's Avatar
    1 million in the wild? Sounds like more than 500k "shipped".
    why is that...they have "shipped" around 1.35 million total according to the numbers so having 1 million in users hands makes sense to me.
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    03-29-12 04:27 PM
  23. theegoldenone's Avatar
    that's total since the product was introduced. There are about 1 million Playbooks total in user's hands today.
    Some conflict on this thread if that's the case......
    03-29-12 04:32 PM
  24. app_Developer's Avatar
    Some conflict on this thread if that's the case......
    No, there is no confusion here that I can see. They shipped 500k this quarter, 1.3 million total Playbooks shipped to date since it was introduced.

    Of that 1.3 million to date, about 1 million have been sold to end users.
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    03-29-12 04:36 PM
  25. theegoldenone's Avatar
    why is that...they have "shipped" around 1.35 million total according to the numbers so having 1 million in users hands makes sense to me.
    Ok, I see now. Thanks.
    03-29-12 04:37 PM
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