Originally Posted by
GlenB From the Blackberry blog......"We expect to deliver the new BlackBerry PlayBook OS to customers in February 2012 and we�ll continue to keep you updated as we progress to the launch."
From John the PM in the beta zone...."I'm very confident we'll be ready for our release date."
John does seem very engaged in the beta forums which is a really good thing and he is normally careful in his responses to not over promise anything. Personally I believe him, he does give the impression that he understands the frustration of current PB owners.
Perhaps I am too optimistic, but I agree with a previous poster who suggests that come Feb 2012, OS2.0 will be released, whether it has all the features or not. I think RIM are aware that they need to do so to retain credibility. Internally, RIM must be acutely aware of the bad press and share price drop. The timing for them sucks.
They have a new raft of devices running BB OS7 which they need to flog over the coming Christmas season. It wouldnt make much sense from a sales and marketing perspective to talk up BBX (or whatever it is going to be called) when BB OS7 has only recently been released and all those devices are flowing into the supply chain.