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1. RIM May Be Sitting On Nearly A Million PlayBooks
RIM has been struggling to catch a break for months but the negative reports show no sign of slowing. According to UK rag The Guardian, the company has slashed production of its seven-inch tablet due to an enormous backlog of unshipped hardware. This follows the company's admission last week that it shipped just 200,000 PlayBooks in Q2, down from 500K in Q1. If true, it would mean that RIM has more PlayBook's in inventory than it's managed to sell to date.
Quantas, the company that actually manufacturers the PlayBook, has cut its staff from 2,000 to less than 1,000. Unidentified sources with the company claim that RIM is manufacturing less than 100,000 units per month at this point, down from initially projected sales of 4-5 million for 2011. RIM's balance sheet shows an enormous jump in inventory, from $618M in Q1 to $943M in May, and $1.37B at the end of the last quarter.
Best Buy and Staples have both begun offering discounts on PlayBooks and are selling the 16GB version for $450 and the 64GB model for $550, down from original MSRPs of $500 and $700, respectively; RIM is purportedly mulling a significant price cut on all models. At present, the PlayBook's form factor make it less attractive than the iPad, why buy a seven inch tablet for $450, when a 9.7 inch model is available for $500? A price cut would help to create a value proposition around the smaller device.
Price, however, may not be the PlayBook's biggest problem. RIM's decision to launch the device without native messaging tools was baffling given the company's typical business/government orientation. As nice as the PlayBook's hardware is, it's only half of the equation; a number of reviews that gave the device high marks overall knocked off points for poor launch software. Nearly four months after launch, RIM still hasn't offered native messaging apps. In the meantime, some of the company's partners are taking matters into their own hands, the Canadian cellular company Rogers has begun offering employees a 50 percent discount on the device.
RIM recently launched new devices and an updated version of its BlackBerry OS, so its Q3 sales should improve if these products deliver. The company's new smartphones will be competing with Apple's iPhone 5 and updated iPhone 4, which could easily stall any momentum RIM builds around its newer smartphones this quarter.
According to RBC Dominion Securities, RIM's stock and future prospects will remain in the doldrums until the company deals with certain core issues. "We view recent Q2 results as symptomatic of RIM's failure to address these challenges, which are: 1) backwards-looking, uncompetitive products and software; 2) marketing and launch execution; 3) investor credibility/visibility; and 4) governance," said analysts Mike Abramsky and Paul Treiber.
2. Qantas tests iPad as in-flight entertainment
Starting in October, customers on select Qantas flights will be able to choose an iPad for their in-flight entertainment. The iPads will come with pre-loaded TV shows, movies and music to help pass the time on the plane. Eventually, Qantas hopes to deliver this multimedia content wirelessly so passengers can use their own device to watch in-flight movies and listen music while flying.
Qantas is not the only airline to offer iPads to their travelers. Jetstar is renting iPads to passengers on their A320 flights in Australia and Asia and British Airways is handing out the tablet to passengers in First Class and Business Class.
3. Aquatic memorial held for Holly Clayville
A popular Louise Van Meter Elementary School volunteer and well-known competitive swimmer, Holly Abbott Clayville, died of cancer on Sept. 9 at the age of 46.
Clayville volunteered at Van Meter as a room parent and twice chaired the school's Bulldog Stampede fundraiser.
"She still has two children at Van Meter and one at Fisher Middle School," friend Krissy Adams said. "She did a lot of volunteer work at the school and was very involved. The last year was very hard for her, but she came in when she could."
Adams went on to describe her friend as a sweetheart who was full of fun and "cared so much about her children."
Although Adams teaches at Van Meter, she became friends with Clayville through their children. "My children swim with her children, so we became very close through sports," she said.
The two women swam together, too, competing at the 2006 World Masters Championships held at Stanford. Clayville placed in the top 30 in several of her events. (A masters swimmer is anyone who is over 18 years old.)
Clayville swam the 1,650 freestyle, so named because it's 1,650 yards. She also swam the breaststroke. "She was a very dedicated swimmer," Adams said. "She swam every Tuesday and Thursday even when she was sick. I think she felt at peace in the water."
Clayville belonged to the Los Gatos Swim & Racquet Club, where fellow swimmers gathered on Sept. 15 for a memorial swim. "We closed her lane, lane No. 2, and
floated flowers in the lane," Adams said. "We also did her favorite workout--which was the breaststroke and the 1,650--for her. Holly could do two laps of freestyle and not take one breath. Her lung capacity was amazing."
Clayville attended Prospect High School in Saratoga and earned a bachelor's degree in finance and marketing from UC-Berkeley in 1987.
She then entered GTE Corporation's manager training program in Dallas, where she honed her skills in sales and marketing. She landed a full-time job at GTE after completing the program.
In 1990 she married Mike Clayville, whom she met after moving to Dallas.
In 1991 she decided to pursue her master's degree in business administration at the University of Texas at Austin. Upon completion of her MBA, she was hired by American Airlines as a senior marketing associate and later by its loyalty program group as a frequent flier program manager.
In 1995 the family moved to Sydney, Australia, which Clayville had chosen as their home base while Mike ran Asia-Pacific sales for a Boston-based software company. There, she was recruited by Quantas Airlines to run its credit card loyalty program, which she helped develop and launch. Clayville negotiated airline loyalty programs all over the world, including Europe, Asia and South America.
In 1999 son Benjamin Daniel was born in Sydney, and the new mother retired from Quantas, devoting her time to being a full-time mother. Leaving Sydney, the Clayvilles lived briefly in Boston and then moved to Los Gatos to be near Holly Clayville's mother.
Another son, Jack David, was born in 2000, and daughter Megan Helen was born in 2002.
In addition to her school activities, Clayville taught Sunday school at Los Gatos Presbyterian Church, where a memorial service was held on Sept. 17.
She is survived by her mother Susan Abbott of Los Gatos; father Keith Abbott of Niceville, Fla.; husband Mike Clayville and children Ben, Jack and Megan Clayville of Los Gatos; brother and sister-in-law Mike and Zenda Abbott of Niceville, Fla.; and brother and sister-in-law Bruce and Michelle Abbott of Santa Monica.
4. Woman Flies 9 Hours Next To Boyfriend's Body After He Choked to Death; She Thought He Was Laughing at Movie
Vanessa Preechakul and her boyfriend Robert Rippingale were headed to his Auckland birthplace from Singapore to meet his parents when the unthinkable happened: Rippingdale choked on a piece of airline meat while watching the in-flight movie and could not be revived.
Rippingdale, 31, was "so excited for the trip" that the couple arrived to the Singapore airport six hours early for Jetstar flight, Preechakul, 27, told the Daily Mail. It would have the first time Preechakul would have met his parents, who were both celebrating birthdays.
Now they will meet for the first time under the worst imaginable circumstances.
Rippingdale was pronounced dead less than two hours into the 11-hour trip, and a devasted Preechakul, who is an architect in Singapore, begged to stay by his side for the remainder of the flight.
Preechakul initially did not realize that Rippingdale was in distress when he began shaking while eating the in-flight meal. "I thought he was laughing very hard," she told the Daily Mail. "Then I looked at his face and his eyes were rolling and he couldn't talk. His lips were turning purple."
When Preechakul realized what was happening she screamed for help. A doctor and two nurses who were passengers on the flight rushed to help to provide CPR , but they could not save him. His body was covered with a blanket and laid in a crew rest area, where Preechakul was permitted to remain for the duration of the flight.
"One minute we were sitting next to each other kissing, holding hands and the next minute he was choking," Preechakul told the Daily Mail.
"I'm struggling to come to terms with his death. He was so outgoing and generous."
Jetstar is a discount subsidiary of Quantas airlines.
"This was a very difficult and sad event and our sympathies are with the passenger's family," Jetstar spokesman Andrew McGinnes said in a statement. The airline is offering $100 vouchers to passengers who were on the flight.
Aviation NEWS By
Neha Jain
Aviation NEWS Reporter
1. RIM May Be Sitting On Nearly A Million PlayBooks
RIM has been struggling to catch a break for months but the negative reports show no sign of slowing. According to UK rag The Guardian, the company has slashed production of its seven-inch tablet due to an enormous backlog of unshipped hardware. This follows the company's admission last week that it shipped just 200,000 PlayBooks in Q2, down from 500K in Q1. If true, it would mean that RIM has more PlayBook's in inventory than it's managed to sell to date.
Quantas, the company that actually manufacturers the PlayBook, has cut its staff from 2,000 to less than 1,000. Unidentified sources with the company claim that RIM is manufacturing less than 100,000 units per month at this point, down from initially projected sales of 4-5 million for 2011. RIM's balance sheet shows an enormous jump in inventory, from $618M in Q1 to $943M in May, and $1.37B at the end of the last quarter.
Best Buy and Staples have both begun offering discounts on PlayBooks and are selling the 16GB version for $450 and the 64GB model for $550, down from original MSRPs of $500 and $700, respectively; RIM is purportedly mulling a significant price cut on all models. At present, the PlayBook's form factor make it less attractive than the iPad, why buy a seven inch tablet for $450, when a 9.7 inch model is available for $500? A price cut would help to create a value proposition around the smaller device.
Price, however, may not be the PlayBook's biggest problem. RIM's decision to launch the device without native messaging tools was baffling given the company's typical business/government orientation. As nice as the PlayBook's hardware is, it's only half of the equation; a number of reviews that gave the device high marks overall knocked off points for poor launch software. Nearly four months after launch, RIM still hasn't offered native messaging apps. In the meantime, some of the company's partners are taking matters into their own hands, the Canadian cellular company Rogers has begun offering employees a 50 percent discount on the device.
RIM recently launched new devices and an updated version of its BlackBerry OS, so its Q3 sales should improve if these products deliver. The company's new smartphones will be competing with Apple's iPhone 5 and updated iPhone 4, which could easily stall any momentum RIM builds around its newer smartphones this quarter.
According to RBC Dominion Securities, RIM's stock and future prospects will remain in the doldrums until the company deals with certain core issues. "We view recent Q2 results as symptomatic of RIM's failure to address these challenges, which are: 1) backwards-looking, uncompetitive products and software; 2) marketing and launch execution; 3) investor credibility/visibility; and 4) governance," said analysts Mike Abramsky and Paul Treiber.
2. Qantas tests iPad as in-flight entertainment
Starting in October, customers on select Qantas flights will be able to choose an iPad for their in-flight entertainment. The iPads will come with pre-loaded TV shows, movies and music to help pass the time on the plane. Eventually, Qantas hopes to deliver this multimedia content wirelessly so passengers can use their own device to watch in-flight movies and listen music while flying.
Qantas is not the only airline to offer iPads to their travelers. Jetstar is renting iPads to passengers on their A320 flights in Australia and Asia and British Airways is handing out the tablet to passengers in First Class and Business Class.
3. Aquatic memorial held for Holly Clayville
A popular Louise Van Meter Elementary School volunteer and well-known competitive swimmer, Holly Abbott Clayville, died of cancer on Sept. 9 at the age of 46.
Clayville volunteered at Van Meter as a room parent and twice chaired the school's Bulldog Stampede fundraiser.
"She still has two children at Van Meter and one at Fisher Middle School," friend Krissy Adams said. "She did a lot of volunteer work at the school and was very involved. The last year was very hard for her, but she came in when she could."
Adams went on to describe her friend as a sweetheart who was full of fun and "cared so much about her children."
Although Adams teaches at Van Meter, she became friends with Clayville through their children. "My children swim with her children, so we became very close through sports," she said.
The two women swam together, too, competing at the 2006 World Masters Championships held at Stanford. Clayville placed in the top 30 in several of her events. (A masters swimmer is anyone who is over 18 years old.)
Clayville swam the 1,650 freestyle, so named because it's 1,650 yards. She also swam the breaststroke. "She was a very dedicated swimmer," Adams said. "She swam every Tuesday and Thursday even when she was sick. I think she felt at peace in the water."
Clayville belonged to the Los Gatos Swim & Racquet Club, where fellow swimmers gathered on Sept. 15 for a memorial swim. "We closed her lane, lane No. 2, and
floated flowers in the lane," Adams said. "We also did her favorite workout--which was the breaststroke and the 1,650--for her. Holly could do two laps of freestyle and not take one breath. Her lung capacity was amazing."
Clayville attended Prospect High School in Saratoga and earned a bachelor's degree in finance and marketing from UC-Berkeley in 1987.
She then entered GTE Corporation's manager training program in Dallas, where she honed her skills in sales and marketing. She landed a full-time job at GTE after completing the program.
In 1990 she married Mike Clayville, whom she met after moving to Dallas.
In 1991 she decided to pursue her master's degree in business administration at the University of Texas at Austin. Upon completion of her MBA, she was hired by American Airlines as a senior marketing associate and later by its loyalty program group as a frequent flier program manager.
In 1995 the family moved to Sydney, Australia, which Clayville had chosen as their home base while Mike ran Asia-Pacific sales for a Boston-based software company. There, she was recruited by Quantas Airlines to run its credit card loyalty program, which she helped develop and launch. Clayville negotiated airline loyalty programs all over the world, including Europe, Asia and South America.
In 1999 son Benjamin Daniel was born in Sydney, and the new mother retired from Quantas, devoting her time to being a full-time mother. Leaving Sydney, the Clayvilles lived briefly in Boston and then moved to Los Gatos to be near Holly Clayville's mother.
Another son, Jack David, was born in 2000, and daughter Megan Helen was born in 2002.
In addition to her school activities, Clayville taught Sunday school at Los Gatos Presbyterian Church, where a memorial service was held on Sept. 17.
She is survived by her mother Susan Abbott of Los Gatos; father Keith Abbott of Niceville, Fla.; husband Mike Clayville and children Ben, Jack and Megan Clayville of Los Gatos; brother and sister-in-law Mike and Zenda Abbott of Niceville, Fla.; and brother and sister-in-law Bruce and Michelle Abbott of Santa Monica.
4. Woman Flies 9 Hours Next To Boyfriend's Body After He Choked to Death; She Thought He Was Laughing at Movie
Vanessa Preechakul and her boyfriend Robert Rippingale were headed to his Auckland birthplace from Singapore to meet his parents when the unthinkable happened: Rippingdale choked on a piece of airline meat while watching the in-flight movie and could not be revived.
Rippingdale, 31, was "so excited for the trip" that the couple arrived to the Singapore airport six hours early for Jetstar flight, Preechakul, 27, told the Daily Mail. It would have the first time Preechakul would have met his parents, who were both celebrating birthdays.
Now they will meet for the first time under the worst imaginable circumstances.
Rippingdale was pronounced dead less than two hours into the 11-hour trip, and a devasted Preechakul, who is an architect in Singapore, begged to stay by his side for the remainder of the flight.
Preechakul initially did not realize that Rippingdale was in distress when he began shaking while eating the in-flight meal. "I thought he was laughing very hard," she told the Daily Mail. "Then I looked at his face and his eyes were rolling and he couldn't talk. His lips were turning purple."
When Preechakul realized what was happening she screamed for help. A doctor and two nurses who were passengers on the flight rushed to help to provide CPR , but they could not save him. His body was covered with a blanket and laid in a crew rest area, where Preechakul was permitted to remain for the duration of the flight.
"One minute we were sitting next to each other kissing, holding hands and the next minute he was choking," Preechakul told the Daily Mail.
"I'm struggling to come to terms with his death. He was so outgoing and generous."
Jetstar is a discount subsidiary of Quantas airlines.
"This was a very difficult and sad event and our sympathies are with the passenger's family," Jetstar spokesman Andrew McGinnes said in a statement. The airline is offering $100 vouchers to passengers who were on the flight.
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