RIM ‘Pulls an HP' as Retailers Sell Out of BlackBerry PlayBooks

The BlackBerry PlayBook flopped upon release, but consumers are snapping them up at its recently discounted price. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com. He's a strange animal, the Black Friday shopper. He believes setting up camp in the parking lot of an electronics retailer, sometimes days before Thanksgiving, is a rational act. His conscience failing, he may even blanket competing shoppers with pepper spray — all for a half-price Xbox. And items he once never considered worthy — like RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet — are suddenly irresistible when marked down.

So goes the most recent Black Friday.

Gadget Lab, RIM ‘Pulls an HP' as Retailers Sell Out of BlackBerry PlayBooks