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BlackBerry PlayBook UK prices plummet

Will the price slashes be enough to tempt your wallet?

Dan Grabham Dan Grabham

BlackBerry’s faltering PlayBook sales have resulted in a price drop down to £170, £200 and £330 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models respectively, at the Carphone Warehouse.

Echoing the HP TouchPad fire sale of last year, 2012 looks set to be a struggle for RIM – the company has already stated that we’ll have to wait until the end of this year for a BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

The 7in PlayBook was recently hacked to support the Android Market, so those of you looking for a cheap post-Christmas tablet fix might want to consider your decimated wallets before nabbing a potential bargain…

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home