The first-ever and the only BlackBerry tablet which was earlier available for $499 is now available for just $299, giving you a flat $200 discount through Best Buy. The Best Buy BlackBerry Playbook tablet is listed at $299 for the 16GB variant.
The moves can also be seen as a consequence of newer devices making their way into the market. Amazon Kindle Fire is a prime example and is certainly the most-affordable tablet at just $199, even though it relatively lacks in terms of hardware.
BlackBerry Playbook was announced earlier this year, and debuted with BlackBerry Tablet OS. It has a 7” capacitive multi-touch display, a 5 megapixel primary camera with LED flash, a 3 megapixel front-facing camera for high-quality video calling, and BlackBerry QNX OS.
The device is driven by a 1GHz dual-core processor which is supplemented by 1GB of RAM. It is capable of recording and playing back high-quality video, games and apps. RIM also announced support for Android apps on BlackBerry PlayBook which requires the Android App Player for BlackBerry.
Other interesting features include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, onboard GPS, BlackBerry services, BlackBerry Bridge feature to connect the tablet with the BlackBerry smartphone, 16GB onboard storage for carrying your media with support for up to 32GB using a microSD card, Adobe Flash support and much more.
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