BlackBerry PlayBook to go on sale from 19 April

News Wireless United States 22 MRT 2011
BlackBerry PlayBook to go on sale from 19 April
Research In Motion (RIM) plans to make the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet available in more than 20,000 retail outlets in the US and Canada from 19 April. The BlackBerry PlayBook with Wi-Fi will come in three models, featuring 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of storage at USD 499, USD 599 and USD 699 respectively. It is scheduled to be available from all Best Buy stores and Best Buy Mobile stores in the US, as well as Best Buy and Future Shop stores in Canada, on 19 April. Customers in the US and Canada can place their orders by visiting their local Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile or Future Shop store or by ordering online at the Best Buy website. The lineup of retailers and mobile carriers currently expected to carry the BlackBerry PlayBook in the US includes AT&T, Best Buy, Cbeyond, Cellular South, Cincinnati Bell, Office Depot, RadioShack, ShopBlackBerry.com, Staples, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, and BlackBerry from Wireless Giant. In Canada, the retailers and mobile carriers include 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., and WirelessWave.

Categories:

Mobile

Companies:

Sprint,  Videotron,  Telus,  Best Buy,  Cbeyond,  Cellular South,  Cincinnati Bell,  RadioShack,  Research In Motion,  SaskTel,  Verizon,  Wind Mobile,  Mobilicity

Countries:

Canada,  United States

Tags:

Launch, Consumer devices, Consumer

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