RIM Launches BlackBerry Playbook in India
Filed under News by Kenneth Pennington on June 24, 2011 at 8:44 PM
Bollywood Hero Salman Khan at the launch of the RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook in Mumbai.
Here is good news for all the corporate honchos and BlackBerry lovers! BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) on Wednesday launched its BlackBerry Playbook tablet in India. It is available at Rs.27,990 (16 GB), Rs.32,990 (32 GB) and Rs.37,990 (64 GB), depending on the models.
The RIM’s tablet will be distributed nationally through Redington India and Ingram Micro, initially in 1000 retail stores across eight cities and will then expand to other parts of the country. Accessories for the BlackBerry Playbook will also be available in these stores from Wednesday, the company said. For more on this story, click past the break!
A confrence attendee "play's" his hand at the PlayBook!
“The BlackBerry Playbook is an incredibly powerful and innovative product in the growing tablet marketplace. It’s perfect for both large organizations and individuals, and it gives users an unmatched mobile experience,” said Frenny Bawa (seen in the picture above), managing director, India, (RIM).
“With the BlackBerry Playbook, we are stepping into a new era of mobile computing and opening up new and even more exciting opportunities for developers and content publishers with support for Adobe Flash, Adobe Mobile AIR and HTML-5,” she added. The Playbook is also equipped with Wi-Fi support.
We all know how BlackBerry has fared with its foray in the touch screen sector. BlackBerry makes the best QWERTY keypad smartphones! In addition, they are reliable. With features like BBM and push mail, BlackBerry is a hit with the corporate biggies! What remains to be seen is if RIM manages to attract both corporate and non-corporate crowd to its non-QWERTY, but a touch screen Playbook tablet!