Rim's Playbook Hits North American Shelves

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Tue, 04/19/2011 - 6:21am

TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion's PlayBook went on sale in the United States and Canada on Tuesday in a launch the company hopes will win customers away from Apple's dominant iPad tablet computer.

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