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Old 09-29-2011, 12:02 PM   #1
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The BlackBerry PlayBook price cuts have arrived in the US, without any messing around with gift cards: the tablets now start at $299.99 for 16GB at Best Buy, a $200 discount. The question is whether anyone will care, with the imminent arrival of the new Kindle Fire.
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Research In Motion has reportedly stopped production of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and is considering exiting the space altogether. Collins Stewart analyst John Vinh made the claims in a note to investors Thursday morning, citing anonymous sources at RIM’s manufacturing partner Quanta.
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Old 09-29-2011, 02:16 PM   #2
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Do I see a $99 PlayBook in my future to add to my $99 TouchPad???
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Do I see a $99 PlayBook in my future to add to my $99 TouchPad???
I think you may end up with quite a few tablets on your $99 shelf in a short while
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299.99 is an excellent price with that hardware including the two cameras
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Old 09-29-2011, 02:54 PM   #5
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Again, no card slot. At least it's 16GB. Also, how large is the app store?
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Again, no card slot. At least it's 16GB. Also, how large is the app store?
It isn't anything to write home about.
They are adding Android "compatibility" as well, but with limitations.

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Key features which will be unavailable to Android apps running under
the compatibility layer on the PlayBook and future BlackBerry devices
include Android's famed battery-sucking Live Wallpaper, SIP and SIP
VoIP, anything built using the Native Development Kit, apps containing
only App Widgets, and apps containing more than one activity tied to
the Launcher.

In addition, any packages which rely on Google Maps, in-app billing
services, Android's text-to-speech engine, or the cloud-to-device
messaging system will all be rendered unusable under the company's
runtime system.
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It isn't anything to write home about.
They are adding Android "compatibility" as well, but with limitations.
Sounds like most any cheap Android tablet.
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With the kindle fire at 199, even 299 is way overpriced (the hardware is very similar between these 2 devices). The kindle has set a new price point, and everybody else will have to play ball, or exit the market. Well, maybe not Apple, there's always people willing to pay more for their products as long as they have an apple logo, (even when it's just a block of wood). I know, I know, old news...
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With the kindle fire at 199, even 299 is way overpriced (the hardware is very similar between these 2 devices). .
The Playbook has 3mp front and 5mp rear facing cameras, SD slot, Bluetooth , GPS , Gyroscope, 16 gb (versus 8 forthe Fire) internal memory.

thats an excellent value for only $100 more
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The Playbook has 3mp front and 5mp rear facing cameras, SD slot, Bluetooth , GPS , Gyroscope, 16 gb (versus 8 forthe Fire) internal memory.

thats an excellent value for only $100 more
Good point, but Joe Average won't care about any of those features. The PlayBook is dead in the water.
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With the kindle fire at 199, even 299 is way overpriced (the hardware is very similar between these 2 devices). The kindle has set a new price point, and everybody else will have to play ball, or exit the market. Well, maybe not Apple, there's always people willing to pay more for their products as long as they have an apple logo, (even when it's just a block of wood). I know, I know, old news...
And there's the slight point that there is a teeny difference between a 7" tablet and a 10" tablet as well... I have an eReader so whilst I might take a 7" as a gift, I'd never buy one... my 10" Android tablet, on the other hand, is perfect for the things I wanted it for and I already have that so why does everybody have to play ball... Personally I find playing ball rather tedious and difficult with a nearly unusable right arm...
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Good point, but Joe Average won't care about any of those features. The PlayBook is dead in the water.
Evidence? You may not care, but you are a sample of one.
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With the kindle fire at 199, even 299 is way overpriced (the hardware is very similar between these 2 devices). The kindle has set a new price point, and everybody else will have to play ball, or exit the market. Well, maybe not Apple, there's always people willing to pay more for their products as long as they have an apple logo, (even when it's just a block of wood). I know, I know, old news...
I think the price-point forcing others to "play ball" is still really yet to be seen. It hasn't even shipped yet. Though the pre-order numbers are looking nice, it's going to take the actual launch and the reception of the Fire to really say that others are going to struggle to compete.
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Good point, but Joe Average won't care about any of those features. The PlayBook is dead in the water.
The playbook was designed for BB users and the software that makes it viable for them is the bridge software.

Also when RIM delivers the Android emulator it will have access to a lot more Apps.

It's not dead, it has found a nitch.

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