The latest leak out of Sprint concerning the BlackBerry PlayBook makes me wonder if even Sprint understands how it works. Bla1ze at CrackBerry was sent an image showing a new service plan called the BlackBery Tablet Connection Plan for the Blackberry PlayBook. It looks like they will be trying to stiff customers with a $29.99/month plan though corporate liable accounts seem to be getting off easy with a $15 option which is odd.
The really weird part about the whole thing is the wording seems to imply that you would need this $29.99/month plan even to be able to use the BlackBerry PlayBook Bridge to connect to your BlackBerry over Bluetooth and use it for “BBM, Email, Calendar, and more.” This $29.99 plan supposedly “allows customers to share information between their CDMA BlackBerry phone and the BlackBerry PlayBook wirelessly using the Bluetooth connection.” They then go on to start talking about tethering.
Anybody else confused? If RIM lets carriers charge for the BlackBerry Bridge feature then customers are going to have a $#i+ fit. Even the $29.99 price tag for tethering is a bit ridiculous. Here is to hoping that AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile have a little more sense. By this reasoning we might be seeing the 4G WiMax version of the PlayBook on Sprint with a $60 data plan…
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