RIM Giving Away PlayBook Tablets With Enterprise Server v.5 Purchase

RIM Giving Away PlayBook Tablets With Enterprise Server v.5 Purchase

Sunday, November 27, 2011 - by Ray Willington
Well, this is strange. In a year that saw HP sell whatever TouchPad tablets were left for just $99, RIM is also seemingly trying to think of creative ways to get rid of their leftover BlackBerry PlayBook slates. In a world ruled by the iPad, the PlayBook never really stood a chance. It was engineered to only truly work well with BlackBerry users, which is a pretty small population globally. It also shipped without a true e-mail client; a huge no-no when launching a tablet against the iPad.


Now, enterprise buyers who grab a copy of BlackBerry Enterprise Server v.5 will get a 16GB PlayBook for nothing. Free. Zilch. You'll need to buy a copy before 12/31 to take advantage, but who knows -- maybe if no one takes advantage, you'll get two slates for buying a copy next year.
Via: RIM | News Archive | Tags: BlackBerry, RIM, Enterprise, tablet, slate, Playbook
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By AKwyn on Nov 27, 2011

Well... At least they can make some money back by selling their Enterprise software. For Blackberry, it makes more sense then selling them at a lower price then expected and also might get some new customers onboard...

Still, they should have found a better way to sell the PlayBook to the consumer market.

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By gazd1 on Nov 27, 2011

In one way it's good that this economic downturn is still getting worse, because now we'll be able to get all these unwanted products that have been made for a cheaper price or even next to nothing with them being added to other product sales as an incentive to buy.

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By gloriad1 on Nov 27, 2011

Yeah! Lets hope that these prices will come down further and that we'll get more freebies.

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By jonation on Nov 27, 2011

they need more room in the warehouse

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By Manduh on Nov 27, 2011

This is a pretty great deal for those already planning to get the BB Enterprise Server for sure but I don't think it will lure new buyers in, sry BB, I could be wrong though - it does happen LoL

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By digitaldd on Nov 29, 2011

Manduh:

This is a pretty great deal for those already planning to get the BB Enterprise Server for sure but I don't think it will lure new buyers in, sry BB, I could be wrong though - it does happen LoL

I think you are right-on here, even an upgrade license is about $800 for BES a full version is about $3500. So they throw in a $400-500 playbook tablet for free its not that big a deal. It was a much bigger deal that they were offering their own employees the playbook tablets for I think it was $99.

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By Manduh on Nov 29, 2011

WOWSERS!! I had no idea it cost THAT much!!! That's crazy!

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