Best Buy Sold Out of BlackBerry PlayBooks – Shop BlackBerry Experiencing High Volume
We noted earlier today that Best Buy had stopped selling the BlackBerry PlayBook at the $199+ discount price and wondered what was going on. Customers complained of their orders being cancelled and some thought Best Buy was pulling the PlayBook from its store. Turns out there is a different much simpler reason. Best Buy put…
Rooted BlackBerry PlayBook Shown Off On Video Showing Off Hulu
This keeps on getting better. It looks like the BlackBerry PlayBook root exploit we told you about before is real. The developers behind it, @xpvqs @cmwdotme @neuralic, have been hard at work hacking away at the BlackBerry PlayBook. Both Chris Wade and Neuralic have posted up videos showing off the exploit. See that screenshot…
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim Comes to the BlackBerry PlayBook
Herocraft has released Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim for the BlackBerry PlayBook this week. The game has you governing a magical fairytale kingdom with everything falling on your shoulders. You have to fight, explore, and manage the whole kingdom in a sort of role play type of game that really sucks you in. Features include:…
RIM Employees Also Getting Slick Discount on BlackBerry PlayBooks
I have been hearing about these discounts for awhile but Mackie let me know about a thread on RedFlagDeals Canada that really highlights it. RIM has been offering their employees BlackBerry PlayBooks for $99 (16GB), $149 (32GB), $199 (64GB). There is a catch that they have to pay benefit tax on it which brings up…
Some Gameloft PlayBook Games Get Big Price Cuts
Over the weekend Gokulesh let us know that Gameloft slashed the price on a few of their BlackBerry PlayBook games. From what he heard these price cuts are permanent price reductions which is pretty sweet. This sadly does not include all of Gameloft’s PlayBook titles but it does include: UNO HD $1.99 (used to…
Best Buy Cancelling BlackBerry PlayBook Orders? No Longer in Stock?
We have been hearing from contacts at retail stores that the BlackBerry PlayBook is selling very well with its current $199 price point. Today is Cyber Monday and I am sure even more of these devices are going to be flying off shelves but there is an interesting development happening. Electronista noticed that Best Buy…
PlayBook Discounts Start Ending December 3rd – Solid BlackBerry Phone Deals
The swooping discounted $199 BlackBerry PlayBook deals look like they will be wrapping up in the next week or so. RIM rounded up some great BlackBerry deals for this holiday weekend and confirmed that Walmart, Staples, Office Depot, and Office Max will have the $199+ PlayBook deal going on until December 3rd. That means…
iTunes Sync Brings Your iTunes Music to your PlayBook Wirelessly
Daniel Bigham has been on a roll with PlayBook apps. His latest is iTunes sync which synchronizes your iTunes music collection to your PlayBook with the latest music you have purchased. RIM offers a way to do this with a wired Desktop Manager connection but now you can do it over Wi-Fi. Daniel created iTunes…