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KOMPAS.com - Playbook apparently will not be the last tablet which was launched by BlackBerry . Some industry sources estimate that the Canadian company is likely to release tablets based on BlackBerry 10 aka PlayBook 2 .

The information obtained from the website Press Highlights , Friday ( 8/11/103 ) . According to the source , as quoted from CrackBerry , combination pullback BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins and investment funds 1 billion U.S. dollars received is the strongest factor behind the prediction .

Until now , it has released BlackBerry BlackBerry 10 -based devices in a variety of landscape display , from the Z10 , Q10 , Q5 , until recently, phablet Z30 . PlayBook 2 tablet is expected to be a complement to the product ecosystem .

Information about the PlayBook 2 is actually slightly at odds with the strategy of the future BlackBerry . Some time ago , BlackBerry has revealed that they have decided to remain focused to the field of enterprise and start reducing the supply of hardware devices , such as smart phones and tablets .

However , with the merger of John Chen , as the new leader of the BlackBerry , the strategy is expected to be changed .

Tablet itself is not new to BlackBerry . They ve released a product called Playbook . However , the product was not received well in the market.

Just look at the year 2011. At the end of the year , only managed to send 200,000 BlackBerry device unit with the QNX operating system to the market or miss -than-expected 300,000 units . Meanwhile, the PlayBook shipments in the first quarter of 2013 reported only 100,000 units.

Not clear how exactly the amount PlayBook tablet that actually sold for BlackBerry only provide delivery rate .

BlackBerry itself had previously made ??plans to bring 10 to the BlackBerry PlayBook . Unfortunately , the plan was never achieved . The hardware of the tablet is considered to not meet the requirements so that the BlackBerry finally cancel the plan .




Sources: Crackberry
Editor: Reza Wahyudi