Research In Motion Ltd.’s (RIMM) 9000 series BlackBerry may be delayed by two months due to battery life, voice quality and other issues, RBC Capital Markets said on Friday. Shares of the Waterloo, Ontario-based company dipped as much as 5% on the news.
The rumored third-generation [3G] handset was expected to be announced in May with a June launch for AT&T (T) in the U.S. and Vodafone in Europe, but sources are confirming that these dates may be pushed back to July and August, analyst Mike Abramsky told clients. Others have also predicted a delay.
RIM released the BlackBerry Curve 8330 for Verizon Wireless (VZ) and Sprint (S), along with the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 at the CTIA Wireless tradeshow held earlier this month in Las Vegas, but much of the attention was on the 9000 “Meteor” – something RIM has still said nothing about. It may have planned to do so at its May 13 conference in Orlando, but this looks more doubtful now. However, a spokesperson did indicate that the leaked devices are only prototypes that typically have power management software disabled.
Source:http://seekingalpha.com/article/74248-rim-stock-down-on-news-of-two-month-delay-in-3g-blackberry
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