subject: Apple booking up most of the available touch panel production capacity [print this page] Apple booking up most of the available touch panel production capacity
Taiwanese publicationDigiTimes reportedThursday that RIM's 7-inch BlackBerry PlayBook, which is set to launchon April 19 for $499, may have had trouble acquiring sufficient supply of touch display panels to manufacture Dell inspiron 1300 battery the device because Apple consumes the lion's share of larger touch display production capacity.
Citing sources from touch screen panel makers, the report alleged that PlayBook shipments were postponed for roughly a month "due to a delay in software testing as well as shortage of touch panels because Apple already booked up most of the available capacity."
RIM's answer to the iPad had originally been scheduled to launch in thefirst quarter of 2011. Instead, the PlayBook will ship more than one month after Apple shipped thesecond-generation of its successful tablet.
Late last year, one Wall Street analyst suggested that RIM washaving trouble engineering the PlayBook to get more Dell inspiron 1525 Batteries than "a few hours" of battery life. RIM quicklydenied the claim, promising that the tablet would have "superior performance with comparable battery life."
The BlackBerry maker recently revealed that the PlayBook will support Android OS 2.3-compatible applications in addition to existing BlackBerry apps. A 4G version of the device is scheduled for release on the Sprint networkthis summer.
For its part, Apple is believed to have reserved a large portion of the world's available production capacity for touch screens with a $3.9 billion secretlong-term investment. With over $50 billion in cash reserves, the iPad maker has been known to pre-pay for components in order to guarantee priority and favorable pricing.
According to a recentBill of Materials Dell inspiron 1520 Battery estimate from iSuppli, manufacturing challenges have driven up the cost of the touchscreen on the iPad 2 to $127, $30 more than the original iPad.
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