Monday, June 27, 2011

Blackberry launches Playbook in India

After the success of BlackBerry phone, Research in Motion (RIM) today entered into fast growing tablet PC market here with its 'PlayBook' to compete with the likes of Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab.

The Canadian firm has launched the PlayBook in India at Rs 27,990 (16 GB), Rs 32,990 (32GB) and Rs 37,990 (64 GB).

Globally, PlayBook is available at $ 499, $ 599 and $ 699 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions, respectively.

The PlayBook is a seven-inch tablet that runs on a new operating system built by QNX Software Systems -- a RIM unit that makes software, which is used to run everything from cars to nuclear reactors.