DigiTimes reports that RIM, manufacturer of the BlackBerry PlayBook, may have had to delay the launch of their tablet by an entire month because of Apple’s demand for touch panels for the iPad 2.
Apple, thanks to it’s vast reserves of cold, hard cash, can ore-pay for its components, granting them priority over companies who must purchase on credit or post-pay for their components. The PlayBook, which will start selling at $499 (for a 7-inch tablet) is scheduled to be released on April 19th, over one month after the release of the iPad 2.
Via CultofMac
