BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet May Cost $500, Hit Shelves in April

Despite RIM’s best attempts to dodge pricing and availability information for its BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet, it looks like Office Depot may have spilled the beans in an internal screen shot apparently leaked to CrackBerry.com.

If it’s legit, it details a selling price of $499.99 for the 16GB version and an in-store date of “week 17,” which lines up with mid-April.

That’s actually not a bad price for the tablet at all, especially if you also own a BlackBerry phone to take advantage of the PlayBook’s ability to share cellular data connections with BlackBerry handsets.

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  • http://crichton007.wordpress.com crichton007

    From the comments that RIM had made previously I was under the assumption that the Playbook would be a little cheaper than the iPad. I really think that despite the performance this tablet is rumored to have it doesn’t seem to have much else to offer. I guess running Android apps will be a plus but there are lot of questions left to be answered by RIM.

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