TORONTO: Research In Motion’s (RIM) co-CEO Jim Balsillie on Tuesday brushed off Steve Jobs’ critique of RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer, saying the Apple CEO’s barbs made no sense outside of his company’s “distortion field.”
Jobs on Monday said a batch of seven-inch-screen tablets, including the PlayBook, that will compete with Apple’s 10-inch iPad would be “dead on arrival” when they hit the market. He also boasted that iPhone sales had overtaken sales of BlackBerry smartphones.
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