Two days ago, reports started circulating that RIM was having a difficult time with their new QNX OS and getting its power consumption under control on the PlayBook tablet. Such an argument is at least plausible given QNX’s origins — automotive and networking equipment. Such platforms aren’t normally designed with battery efficiency in mind. RIM however, has come forward and denied the reports of battery woes and PlayBook delays, and goes on to blame any current negative accounts as flawed and based off of “pre-beta units”:

Any testing or observation of battery life to date by anyone outside of RIM would have been performed using pre-beta units that were built without power management implemented. RIM is on track with its schedule to optimize the BlackBerry PlayBook’s battery life and looks forward to providing customers with a professional grade tablet that offers superior performance with comparable battery life

You didn’t expect RIM to actually voice any problems, did you? Nevertheless, problems or not, the PlayBook certainly has a lot of attention. It will be interesting to see just how well RIM utilizes QNX.

Via: Erictric