“Does $199 sound like too much for the BlackBerry Playbook this holiday season? ” Joanna Stern asks for The Verge.
“RIM seems to think so, but only for its employees,” Stern reports. “According to multiple sources, the 16GB 7-inch tablet is now available to RIM employees through a special corporate portal for $99.”
Stern reports, “We have also been told that employees can only order up to eight models.”
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