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RIM Drops Playbook Price By 66%

Posted by timothy on from the harsh-logic dept.

YokimaSun writes "Following on from the news that RIM's partner was pulling the plug on its BlackBerry phones, RIM announced it was discontinuing the 16GB version of its playbook, PC Gaming News are reporting that the PlayBook is being discounted down by as much as 66% which is adding to the demise of RIM's attempt at the tablet market. Can anything stop the all conquering iPad?"

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  1. Give it away now by cpuh0g · · Score: 0, Troll

    They could give it away and no one would notice. RIM is dead, they just don't know it yet.

    1. Re:Give it away now by Slyfox696 · · Score: 0, Troll

      They could give it away and no one would notice. RIM is dead, they just don't know it yet.

      I have to disagree with you. I imagine they're well aware of it.

  2. Re:Biased much? by lilfields · · Score: -1, Troll

    And the Android tablets are measurably bad, so there is hope for the Microsoft yet...unlike what you would hear on /.

  3. Re:Biased much? by oztiks · · Score: -1, Troll

    Phablets are selling well and Apple doesn't even occupy that space.... Plus the Ultrabook from Samsung is abuzz showing that you can have a thin device, good power consumption and a fully working OS.

    iPad cannot handle a fully pledged OS therefore struggles to fill the gap of the entire computing experience. iPads need to lift there game to hold on to their market, it's there's now but it's easy for them to lose ground.

    The fact Phablets are out several months before Apple's clone comes out is a good indicator that they need to call in the Ouija board and ask Mr Jobs for some guidance.