$300 PRICE DROPS on the BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet

[gwynethgh]

Got this in an email from Buy.com this morning.
Linkified
http://www.buy.com/loc/blackberry-playbook/69184.html

Might be a good deal for some, and/or may be a prolog to RIM dumping the product.
Runs QNX with no native Android in sight.

 

[luv2liv]

does it play MKV files?
im googling to see what this thing can do. it does have HDMI and usb! very tempting so far

 

[gwynethgh]

does it play MKV files?
im googling to see what this thing can do. it does have HDMI and usb! very tempting so far

Don't see it in their list of supported formats
http://docs.blackberry.com/en/smart...dia_Types_on_BlackBerry_Tablets_(English).pdf

but transcode appears easy
http://www.playbookboards.com/thread-353.html

 

[angry hampster]

The Asus Transformer will also be dropping in the next couple weeks to make way for the new quad-core model.

 

[luv2liv]

Don't see it in their list of supported formats
http://docs.blackberry.com/en/smart...dia_Types_on_BlackBerry_Tablets_(English).pdf

but transcode appears easy
http://www.playbookboards.com/thread-353.html

i dont like to waste time transcoding. no apps to play mkv files either. guess this isnt for me.

 

[Macgyversite]

For $200 + Shipping its a pretty good deal on a 7" tablet especially with 1080p HD video; H.264, MPEG4, WMV HDMI video output Micro USB and Micro HDMI ports. Its a dual core and has 1gb of system ram.

 

[NICKel]

I think the boys and girls over at XDA forums have a good port of ANDROID for this...

 

[gwynethgh]

I think the boys and girls over at XDA forums have a good port of ANDROID for this...

link? I couldn't seem to find that info. Also [H] forum notes the smaller playbooks are OOS.

 

[Pliablemoose]

http://store.shopblackberry.com/Product/BlackBerry-PlayBook/ has PlayBooks for $189.99 with coupon code 09OLTY12 (copy and paste, it has a mix of o's and 0's)

Free shipping, no tax for most.

The OS is a little rough, but they're spending a ton of time & $ on it, and since they're going to base the new gen of BB phones on it, I suspect they'll sort it out eventually.