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RIM Playbook down to $199 for limited time

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  • 22-11-2011 1:01am
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    dowtchaboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭


    You'll need a friend in the US but could be of interest to those looking for a "serious" Pad.


    http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/rim-drops-blackberry-playbook-to-199-for-limited-time/28476?tag=nl.e550
    Confirming rumors, RIM announced today that it plans to drop the price of the 16GB PlayBook to $199. The drop, however, isn’t a permanent one, and is limited to retailers Best Buy, Wireless Giant, Staples, OfficeMax, Office Depot, Radio Shack and Wal-Mart.

    With the price drop, the PlayBook finds itself at the same price as Amazon’s Kindle Fire, which is a big deal. The Kindle Fire’s price is considered one of its strongest assets, and RIM may steal away some potential buyers of Amazon’s tablet with the PlayBook’s almost impulse buy-worthy price.

    But the price drop is bad news for the PlayBook, whose price has dropped a full $300 since its release earlier this year. While RIM says that PlayBook’s new price is only a temporary one, it would come as a big surprise if RIM didn’t cut its losses make the price drop stick.


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    Esel
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    Here we go again.... :D

    Not your ornery onager



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    Do-more
    Registered Users Posts: 4,748 ✭✭✭Do-more


    Esel wrote: »
    Here we go again.... :D

    Don't think so!

    The Playbook doesn't have the same widespread appeal that the Touchpad had, for starters it's only a 7" screen and because of the security features you can't use it for email unless you have a Blackberry to pair it with (or have they changed that?)

    Besides at $199 it's twice the price a 16Gb Touchpad was.

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