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RIM's Tablet PC, the Blackberry Playbook is currently being sold on Telus for $149. Considering how the Tablet started off being around $500 in the beginning, this shows the degree of success that RIM had with their Tablet PC. The price of the Playbook kept going down, from $500 to $299, then to $199 and now $149....
The main problem that the Blackberry Playbook faced in comparison to the other Tablet PCs is the fact that the Blackberry's application market is significantly smaller than others such as the Appstore, Android market, and even the Windows market. This however may change with the update of the Playbook into 2.0. The Playbook 2.0 is supposed to be able to support Android applications, improve overall performance, and sync between Blackberry smartphone and the Tablet more smoothly. Considering how this solves the main issue that the Playbook is faced with, it may be a good opportunity to buy the Playbook at such a low price.
The Playbook has good specifications: 7" Display, 1Ghz Dual core Processor, 1GB RAM. It was mainly their OS system that has brought the Playbook to its current state. The Playbook is known to have a good hardware factor with sleek design and weight of less than 1 lb (0.9 lb).
For $149, I truely believe that its worth the money in buying the Playbook if you've been considering getting a Tablet PC. Perhaps, if RIM started their product from being priced around $299 from the start, things wouldn't have looked as bad as it is now.
P.S: The 16GB and 32GB are both priced at the same price of $149
