Blackberry Playbook India Arrival Official. Price Begins @ Rs. 33k?

Blackberry Playbook's India arrival has been confirmed. The makers of Blackberry Playbook tablet, Research In Motion (RIM) today announced that they will launch the tablet in 16 countries over the next 30 days. Our estimate is that the Playbook will be launched in India on June 22, 2011. Following countries have been identified for the launch - UK, Netherlands, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Australia, Venezuela, Spain, Germany, UAE, Singapore, Mexico, France, Italy, India, Indonesia, Colombia.

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Blackberry Playbook

The Blackberry Playbook made its entry as the first serious rival to Apple's iPad. Looking at the hardware configuration, it does score above other tablets. RIM managed to put in 7" LCD display, 1024 x 600 screen resolution High resolution, WSVGA, capacitive screen with 4-finger multi-touch and gesture support. Take a look at following PDF which has official technical specifications of the playbook tablet -

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Blackberry Playbook Price In India :-


The official pricing information is not yet available. However we've learned from various sources that the Wi-Fi version Blackberry PlayBook is priced at Rs. 32, 999 for 16GB, Rs. 39, 299 for 32 GB and Rs. 45, 999 for 64 GB. Considering the pricing, Blackberry might find it bit difficult to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Apple iPad. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 are yet to be announced for India, however the iPad 2 is already rocking the markets. If RIM reconsiders its pricing, Blackberry has better chances of survival. We'll keep you updated about the playbook price as soon as we hear it from authentic sources.

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