BlackBerry Playbook price drops by at least $100

This is looking like the HP TouchPad all over again. RIM’s BlackBerry Playbook is seeing some price cuts across the entire line-up by at least $100PHP 5,869INR 8,475EUR 95CNY 728 over at Amazon.

The lowest price cut we saw from one of Amazon’s resellers is $335PHP 19,660INR 28,391EUR 319CNY 2,438 (Php14,750USD 251INR 21,308EUR 239CNY 1,830) for the 16GB model. That’s a $164PHP 9,624INR 13,899EUR 156CNY 1,194 discount from the suggested retail price of $499PHP 29,284INR 42,290EUR 475CNY 3,632.

A discounted price of $335PHP 19,660INR 28,391EUR 319CNY 2,438 is already very tempting for a very powerful tablet. And once Android Market is made available, I’m sure it’s going to get a lot more attention.

But will the BB Playbook go the way of the HP TouchPad? Not very likely. But, who knows? Read our full review of the Playbook here.

You can check out the whole line-up here at Amazon.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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11 Comments

low sales says:

13 years ago

ibig ba sabihin konti lang bumibili?
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Tin A Pie says:

13 years ago

and like the touch pad, the prices won’t reflect here anyway. there’s no point in me drooling :-(
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Elmer Loves Oreo says:

13 years ago

Sana magmura pa s’ya pagdating ng December. I want to buy one of those :)
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kikokix says:

13 years ago

Looks like RIM will be releasing a newer version of the Playbook, that’s why the price went down.
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Val says:

13 years ago

Once RIM finally adds support for Android applications, the PlayBook will get attractive to consumers looking for tablets aside from the Galaxy Tab and iPad.
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kapitan says:

13 years ago

tablet pc is still on its infancy,
mas magmumura pa yan habang tumatagal
=)

maaafford ko din yan, heheee…

haaay, self-assuring ng isang dukha =)
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hanjo says:

13 years ago

i’ll wait for the time when manufacturers of tablets can make one that has these besides the common features/spec items:

-At least 2gb of memory (complied by a few, i think. correct me if im wrong)
-At least one USB port (many refuse to put one)
-A VGA port (don’t know how many have this)
-A HDMI port (some have this)
-3.5G capabilities (some have this)
-At least 10 solid hrs of batt life (hindi yong 10 hrs kung light use. some i think pasado dito)
-flash support (why apple would not make their ipads have this is quite frustrating)
-Storage expansion slot (apple naman.. pls…)
-Very responsive screen (ipad wins here)
-Keyboard dock (transformer has it with extra batt life as bonus)
-A very capable OS (i think Android and iOS do well here, haven’t tried webOS and that blackberry OS)
-Light, not more than 600 grams (may fails here)
-With very useful no-nonsense applications preinstalled (please, i wouldn’t buy a tablet just for the sake of games or SNS. i dont have any SNS account and i’d rather read ebooks than play games. that’s why i love my sony ereader)
-With stylus for note taking apps (please, i wouldn’t think of using my fingers for that purpose) of course, there should be a slot for the stylus (katulad sa sony ereaders)

The good news is, manufacturers are capable of making such tablets. The bad news, they would choose not to do it. Parang installment ba ang ginagawa nila. sa next model ilalagay or ibat’ibang models sabay irelease na may features na meron sa isa na wala naman sa isa. Yet, they expect their devices to sell like hotcakes. sobrang confident sa kanilang marketing.

mukhang nangangarap ako ng gising but like in the netbook world, i believe they will eventually succumb.

by the way (mukhang unrelated ito pero di ko alam paano ko ipapaabot kay sir yuga), meego created a software that would allow meego devices to support all android apps. and they say ALL android apps. i think meego devices just seemed more attractive.
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cge says:

13 years ago

How do you order in amazon so that it ships directly to the philippines? it’s about 23000 pesos here in the philippines and it’s around $200 in amazon (online)!
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Shawn says:

12 years ago

Meron po ba nito sa Bacolod?
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Name: Maxwell AGunan says:

12 years ago

Mayroon akong outlet dito sa pinas from Canada ang ganyan. Mas mura sa amin. Just contact me. 0916-178-0965
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