RIM promotes BlackBerry Tablet 16GB version in the United States for only 1272 yuan

Beijing Morning News on November 23 (Jiang Junmu) RIM (Research In Motion), a maker of BlackBerry terminals, recently launched a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet promotion in the United States. The retail price of the entry-level 16GB model is reduced to US$199.99 (about RMB1,272). . This move follows RIM’s “buy two get ones” promotion for corporate users.

The price of the reduced PlayBook is on par with that of the Amazon Kindle Fire, but there is no such marketing support for book retailers.

RIM has predicted that PlayBook sales in 2011 will reach 4 million - 5 million, but it is reported that sales in the first half of less than 800,000.

The company recently postponed its operating system upgrade and said it expects to provide users with the latest PlayBook operating system upgrade in February 2012.