This blog is a response to Young’s blog post.
First of all, congratulations for your new Playbook! It looks better than the one in Chapters display for sure 🙂
Anyway, based on what I read in the news for the past few weeks, it seems that RIM denied the fact that Playbook is not as popular as other tablets due to some missing apps and functionality, and say that the price cuts in various stores are part of their holiday promotions (which is a little off since it’s past the ‘back to school’ promotion, and way before the ‘thanksgiving/halloween season). I do agree that more people consider buying Playbook after the price went down, but there are some other people who decided to wait for another few weeks until Kindle Fire, the tablet manufactured by Amazon, is out. Though Kindle doesn’t have camera and microphone and it has limited features compared to the iPad or even the playbook, quite a few people still choose Kindle over Playbook simply because it is still cheaper than Playbook’s discounted price.
In conclusionnn… I think RIM’s move to cut the price of Playbook will be more effective if it is done a few months earlier, before Amazon announce the launch date of Kindle. That way, there’s not that many tablets that the market can compare Playbook to (because Kindle is currently their biggest competitor), and considering the features that Playbook offers (which isn’t that bad actually), they can get more people to buy their product.
If you’re interested in a not-so-biased comparison between Playbook and Kindle Fire, you can check this website.
