Manual of BlackBerry missed his late March release date, which has since been moved back to April 19. Why the change? Rumor that Apple had reserved a capacity of manufacturing touch screens Chinese Quanta and Foxlink partners. Foxlink also provides connectors for the iPad 2 and manual, apparently, who failed to have helped the situation much. To be fair, the source reports say that internally, Quanta sees first shelf of RIM as an order of major meet for 2011, which augurs well for the long-term supply, but for the immediate future not yet as well.
The iPad 2 came out a month ago and has already sold 2.4 - 2.6 million units. Is a train of money that apple has no interest in slowing down, especially if they can decimate competitors at the OEM level in the process to defend their supply chain. Although RIM made all of their Assembly in Waterloo, they still have to get the parts from a variety of sources, and when a vital part as the touch screen is missing, there is not much they can do but be ready to assemble like mad when it gets.
If this rumour of supply is true, I can't help but wonder how much time, that apple had reserved for these parts, or if they had enough sway simply expanding their production iPad Schedule 2. No doubt the Japan things have slowed things a bit down, but it is clear that Apple is more comfortable money to launch the problem until it disappears, even if it means blocking competitors. That is unfair, or just the harsh reality of doing business in a competitive market?
