> After Research in Motion beat Wall Street expectations with its quarterly earnings Thursday, co-CEO Jim Balsillie asserted on the company’s earnings call that the upcoming PlayBook 7-inch tablet is way ahead of Apple’s iPad.
via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/16/rim_posts_impressive_earnings_co_ceo_says_playbook_way_ahead_of_ipad.html)
Apple has sold roughly 8-10 million iPads so far. Probably a lot more now that we’re in the tail end of the Christmas season. RIM has sold how many Playbooks? Oh, that’s right, the playbook won’t be out until April of next year, after a new generation of iPad is already shipping.
And that’s how he defines “way ahead?” Is this guy on crack?
