Blackberry's Playbook will hit Sub $500 Price Point
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 9:12PM 
RIM's Blackberry PlayBook will be introduced in the spring of next year and at a price point below $500, its co-CEO Jim Balsillie detailed to several news outlets on Wednesday.
RIM intends to compete with Apple's iPad in one of tech's fastest growing sectors by pricing it close to the now top-selling tablet.
The Blackberry device will have a 1GHz dual-core processor, front and rear-facing cameras, HTML5 and Flash support, HD video support, and HD video output.
The first PlayBooks would only have Wi-Fi capabilities for Internet connectivity, although it said at launch 3G and 4G models would follow shortly afterwards. The device would run a tablet based OS, that while similar in its user interface, would not be developed by RIM but rather operating system developer and subsidiary QNX.
The Playbook will launch in early 2011. No carrier partners have been announced as of yet.
It's going to be difficult, but RIM has a chance if the price is below the magical $500 mark.
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