SourceCode: Netflix shuns BlackBerry, no playback on PlayBook

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

This is unfortunate news. Netflix made it known today via Twitter that they have no plans of supporting BlackBerry and will not even develop a Netflix client for the PlayBook tablet.

“We don’t have any current plans to support Blackberry devices, including Playbook,” said a tweet from Netflix's service account, shooting down the hopes of PlayBook owners everywhere who already subscribe to Netflix or may be toying with the idea.

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SourceCode: RIM's Year of Living Dangerously

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

2011 has been Research In Motion’s annus horribilis. The past 12 months, the BlackBerry maker has often found itself in the news and on the defensive for a long list of truly unfortunate and often embarrassing reasons. But how serious is the situation at RIM?

The company was worth more than $70 billion a few years ago and today has a market value of around $8 billion. In 2004, RIM's stock value was $144 a share, when the markets closed Friday it was $13.44 a share.

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PlayBook discounts to cost RIM US $485 Million

RIM said it has taken a US $485 million hit because of heavy discounts to its BlackBerry PlayBook and as a result expects to miss its financial targets for the year. The October week-long service outage that affected users in various countries also cost the company $50 milliion.

RIM began discounting the PlayBook recently, shaving off $300 from the tablet's price and as a result the devices have been selling steadily. Many hope that with more PlayBooks in the hands of customers that RIM's discounting will pay off for them in the long run.

BlackBerry PlayBook on sale, for $300 off on all models

eReaders? Bah, get a real tablet! Like RIM's very own BlackBerry PlayBook now being discounted by $300 by a number of retailers like Best Buy, Future Shop and Staples until the 19th. This means that the 64GB model is now cheaper than what the 16GB model was! THis might make up for the fact the PlayBook still doesn't have an email client or can't send and receive BBM messages.