One thing us ‘Berryheads have been long awaiting with bated breath is official word of the BlackBerry tablet. We got what we wanted last week with the announcement of the PlayBook, but the only true effect that had was make us all foam at the mouths and struggle to stay in our seats. Now that RIM has our undivided attention and has restored our waning faith, an unwanted tidbit of information has made it to our impatient hands. Ashok Kumar, a Rodman & Renshaw analyst, says that RIM has cancelled plans for a 2010 BlackBerry PlayBook launch due to “technical issues.” According to word from Barron’s:

In a research note, Kumar contends the company’s new QNX Neutrino software platform “was not ready for prime time.” He also says that the Marvell Armada 610 applicationprocessor the company had planned to use was “bug ridden.” Kumar says the company has “jettisoned” Marvell from the PlayBook in favor of a processor from Texas Instruments.

One thing we have all learned over the past year is that this modern technology market is fast paced and doesn’t slow down for stragglers. I want RIM to succeed with the PlayBook, and I would rather them release it right and not botch another device release (Storm). However, they were already going to be slow to the market by launching at the end of this year, “early” next year may be too late. Let’s hope by early they mean a January or February release, we know how RIM loves to use the term “early” when it comes to setbacks.

via: RIMarkable