BlackBerry PlayBooks Get $200 Price Cut
In wake of Amazon's announcement of Kindle Fire tablet, Research In Motion lowered the price of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, which starts at $299.99 for 16GB at Best Buy.
The 32GB 32GB model is now $399.99 and the 64GB costs $499.99.
RIM's PlayBook was derided on its launch for lacking basic features like a native e-mail and calendar app if customers didn't have a BlackBerry phone.
RIM said it shipped 500,000 PlayBooks in the last six weeks of its fiscal first quarter and another 200,000 in its full second quarter.
A Collins Stewart analyst said on Thursday that RIM may have halted PlayBook production and canceled additional tablet projects. However, RIM today brushed off the suggestions.
RIM's PlayBook was derided on its launch for lacking basic features like a native e-mail and calendar app if customers didn't have a BlackBerry phone.
RIM said it shipped 500,000 PlayBooks in the last six weeks of its fiscal first quarter and another 200,000 in its full second quarter.
A Collins Stewart analyst said on Thursday that RIM may have halted PlayBook production and canceled additional tablet projects. However, RIM today brushed off the suggestions.
