RIM announces BlackBerry PlayBook tablet

[Wetdogeared]

BlackBerry song store, BlackBerry Podcasts ~ infoMobile

[Barty]

Originally Posted by Crowl

No price means they aren't launching it right now that's all, inferring anything else at this point is just you being overly negative for the sake of it since it makes far more sense commercially for them to save the announcement of pricing for when they officially announce the launch date.

.

It's business. It's a crackberry. They'll pay anything.

Most large companies have a tech budget. If they don't spend all the money, they'll just have to give the money back and, the horror, maybe have it reduced next year. So you betcha they're going find something new and shiny to spend the money on.

Especially the management/exec folks. They'll have no problem justifying the cost of one measly tablet that is not even a business class cross country ticket.

[Crowl]

Originally Posted by Barty

It's business. It's a crackberry. They'll pay anything.

Most large companies have a tech budget. If they don't spend all the money, they'll just have to give the money back and, the horror, maybe have it reduced next year. So you betcha they're going find something new and shiny to spend the money on.

Especially the management/exec folks. They'll have no problem justifying the cost of one measly tablet that is not even a business class cross country ticket.

My reply that you quoted was in response to somebody claiming that the playbook was going to be expensive just because they hadn't yet announced the actual prices, since then they still haven't confirmed prices but have been quoted as saying it would be competitively priced and one mentioned under $500, so regardless of needing to use budgets up or anything like that they it is not going to be overly pricey after all.

[Wetdogeared]

BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet - Coming Soon! ~ Sears Canada

[Barty]

$499 for 16gb version. Sounds good until you realize it's 7inch. Just a wee bit overpriced. But like I said before, business will buy it.

[300com]

Originally Posted by Barty

$499 for 16gb version. Sounds good until you realize it's 7inch. Just a wee bit overpriced. But like I said before, business will buy it.

Too late businesses are already using iPads. You think the "PLAY" book is for business ? what a friggin facade RIM makes out. it's the same as iPad with a music store and app store, games and movies.

real business like. . .

dropping the price to $399, may make a difference.