RIM RESPONDS TO PLAYBOOK BATTERY ISSUE RUMOR

RIM has responded to the rumors the BlackBerry Playbook is being delayed due to battery life issues and released the following statement to Erictric:

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.

While this is not an outright denial of the rumored issues, it does make it clear that the software being implemented was not in a mature state and any testing was premature.