RIM Issues Statement on 4G PlayBooks – LTE Is Where its at!

RIM has issued a statement on the news earlier today that Sprint had cancelled the BlackBerry PlayBook 4G WiMax variant. It seems like we were right earlier that RIM has focused on LTE instead of WiMax since even WiMax carriers have given up on WiMax. Here is what RIM has to say:

RIM has decided to prioritize and focus its 4G development resources on LTE. We remain excited and committed to delivering innovative and powerful 4G tablets to the US market together with our carrier partners. Testing of BlackBerry 4G PlayBook models is already underway and we plan to enter labs for network certifications in the US and other international markets this fall.

Any questions? Essentially that means a Verizon 4G PlayBook with an AT&T one probably coming when AT&T gets their LTE network up later this year.

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Sprint Cancels WiMax 4G PlayBook? Isn’t WiMax Cancelled?

So the latest rumor coming from the Wall Street Journal is that Sprint is cancelling their WiMax variant of the 4G BlackBerry PlayBook. That really is no surprise since even Sprint is more or less giving up on WiMax. Nobody else really seems to be using WiMax and even the carriers that bought into the push of WiMax have given up on it along with Intel which practically made the standard.

The only downside is that Sprint was the only carrier confirmed to be getting a 4G PlayBook. Verizon and AT&T have not made commitments either way so RIM is going to need to get a new partner on board ASAP. What do you think? I guess that simply answers why the 4G WiMax PlayBook did not come this summer though the LTE and 4G GSM versions were supposed to come by the end of the year.

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