RIM sells BlackBerry PlayBook for $99 to its employees

According to the information forwarded by a number of unnamed sources, Research In Motion (RIM) has come up with a $99 BlackBerry PlayBook offer this holiday season, but only for a select group — that of the RIM employees!

Going by several reports, the 16GB 7-inch BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is being made available to the RIM employees for $99 via a special corporate portal. In addition, the 32GB and the 64GB versions of the tablet are being offered for $149 and $199 respectively.

With there also being reports of RIM having told its employees that only up to eight models can be ordered by them, there are speculations galore that, in due course of time, the QNX tablet will likely make its way on to eBay.

Moreover, thanks to RIM’s holiday season offer of a $199.99-priced 16GB PlayBook and $299.99 for the tablet’s 32GB version, Best Buy has recently confirmed to CNET that the RIM tablet has been sold out at its stores.

Amid earlier reports that Best Buy has probably decided to drop the PlayBook, after the cancellation of some orders for the device, and remove it from its site, the retailer has now stated that it intends to continue the stocking of the RIM tablet.

With the discounted PlayBook clearly being grabbed by the shoppers during the Black Friday shopping frenzy, Best Buy has not only decided to get additional units of the tablet in the “near future,” but has also said that the PlayBook will also be made available for online purchase.


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