BlackBerry PlayBook Pricing and Retail Stores Announced

PlayBook Unwrapped

The floodgates have more or less broken. RIM has finally confirmed the prices for the three different models of the BlackBerry PlayBook. They have also confirmed that it will be available in more than 20,000 retail outlets in the US and Canada. The pricing is nothing mind blowing but its toe to toe with the Apple iPad:

  • BlackBerry PlayBook 16GB Wi-Fi Version – $499
  • BlackBerry PlayBook 32GB Wi-Fi Version – $599
  • BlackBerry PlayBook 64GB Wi-Fi Version – $699

The thing is these prices are MSRP so expect retailers to lower them to compete after launch. Here are the stores expected to carry the PlayBook in the US and Canada:

United States Canada
–  AT&T
–  Best Buy
–  Cbeyond
–  Cellular South
–  Cincinnati Bell
–  Office Depot
–  RadioShack
–  ShopBlackBerry.com
–  Staples
–  Sprint
–  Verizon
–  BlackBerry from Wireless Giant

–  Bell
–  Best Buy
–  Chapters / Indigo
–  Costco
–  Future Shop
–  Mobilicity
–  MTS Allstream
–  Rogers
–  Sasktel
–  Sears
–  ShopBlackBerry.com
–  Staples
–  Telus
–  Tbooth Wireless
–  The Source
–  Videotron
–  Walmart
–  WIND Mobile
–  WIRELESS etc.
–  WIRELESSWAVE

PS: Anybody notice that Amazon is missing from the list?

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