Comments on: BlackBerry PlayBook prices drop by $200 in the US

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:27:00 +0000

Even Amazon Kindle selling at $199 with half the RAM and half the flash with no dual cameras and microphone is losing a bit of money for each of their tablet sold; there is no way RIM can be making money selling their Playbook at that price. The difference is that Amazon can try to make up their lost revenue through their eco-system of ebooks, music, videos and other online shopping activities. What does RIM has that can help them recover their lost? How are they ever going to try to get their money back? Selling their Playbook at this price is completely unsustainable. It is either a very temporary promotion or they are preparing to clear out their existing inventory and not make any more Playbook at all.

By: Brian Chau

Brian Chau — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:51:00 +0000

If it can flash Android Ice-cream sandwich or Windows 8, I would be willing to buy one at $299. The hardware spec is actually respectable.

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:45:00 +0000

Lenovo all the way!

By: Set

Set — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:31:00 +0000

this is a very smart move by RIM. I may consider buying the PlayBook. It is an under-rated tablet.

By: Set

Set — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:31:00 +0000

this is a very smart move by RIM. I may consider buying the PlayBook. It is an under-rated tablet.

By: techno-update

techno-update — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:38:00 +0000

What if you just bought one? Will they give you the money? Since they changed it a day later?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:22:00 +0000

RIM is releasing a big update in October that is suppose to fix many of the issues and add some new features like the long awaited ability to run Android apps. So depending on how that update goes should help determine if the Playbook still has a future or not.

While the Blackberry phones are getting better but still lagging behind the rest of the market and that’s hurting RIM.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:22:00 +0000

While the Blackberry phones are getting better but still lagging behind the rest of the market and that’s hurting RIM.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:13:00 +0000

Blackberry is primarily a business phone, security is their main concern. Gimmicky web cam that most people have yet to use, not so much.

In terms of email and actual phone performance, Blackberries are one of the most solid offerings out there. It’s just pretty much everything else they still have to catch up on to appeal to the non-business users.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:13:00 +0000

Blackberry is primarily a business phone, security is their main concern. Gimmicky web cam that most people have yet to use, not so much.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:06:00 +0000

you’re right, the $200 discount to $299 is “only temporary.” next month it will be down to $199. in January, they will dump whatever is left for $99. by a year from now the whole company will have been gobbled up at liquidation value.

RIM is in a death spiral. and the co-pilots don’t have a clue.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:06:00 +0000

RIM is in a death spiral. and the co-pilots don’t have a clue.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:04:00 +0000

Only way that’ll ever happen is if they go out of business and have to clear stock. It costs them about $273 just to make the Playbook, no one sells at a loss and stays in business unless they have alternate revenue source to survive one, which RIM doesn’t!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:04:00 +0000

By: West Cobb Photographer

West Cobb Photographer — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:07:00 +0000

$100 off with a “gift card” isn’t going to cut it if you want me to pull out my credit card. I really do have to wonder who’s running the show at RIM these days. Their latest Blackberry phone omits a web cam (now a BASIC feature on most all other smart phones), and then – this. Maybe they actually deserve to sink (?)

By: West Cobb Photographer

West Cobb Photographer — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:07:00 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:18:00 +0000

I still think QNX has a lot of promise even if RIM didn’t get everything right with the tablet at launch. I had an extremely positive experience when playing with it in the store. I love bezel gestures. It’s such a simple but powerful way to interact with a mobile device. If they majorly screw up the QNX phones, they might as well sell what’s left of the company and call it a day. But until then, I’m not counting them out.

By: Kona2010

Kona2010 — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:10:00 +0000

Whatever, half baked marketing for an half baked tablet. They need to drop it to $99 if they want to sell it.