RIM sell all BlackBerry PlayBook for $ 300 USD

RIM has continued to sell off its PlayBook tablet down to 300 USD for all the versions, which means users can save up to 400 USD compared to the retail price of 64 GB version.

This means that RIM has decided to finish the whole reason for PlayBook tablet with 16/32/64 GB versions have the general price is 300 USD. Earlier, the price for 64 GB version of the RIM PlayBook offer is 700 USD. Not only that, some retailers have made only 199 USD price for the 16 GB version.
 
One of the reasons that RIM failed business PlayBook is due to products having a different number of software errors, along with that is missing an email client needed.
 
According to RIM, price on application will begin formally on 4 / 2. And experts predict sales of the product will increase very fast, similar to the HP bar tablet form threads running webOS your TouchPad.
The payment of 300 USD for a tablet PC running QNX though outdated, but still attractive to consumers. More specifically, as RIM has promised, the product of its tablet PC can run applications for Android.

The tablet disappointing form in 2011

2011 saw the success of many faces tablet, but not so that does not appear to face disappointment. Here are some tablets for the worst business in years.

HP TouchPad

HP TouchPad is expected to carry out direct competition with Apple's iPad, but the product has become a major obsession with HP after heavy defeats by one basic reason: not able to compete with rivals . Although TouchPad sales jumped in September, but it's time HP decided to inventory liquidation reason for super cheap prices 99 USD, which means companies have to accept losses.

RIM BlackBerry PlayBook

RIM BlackBerry PlayBook was launched with the goal toward business users, but it does give users access to email or messaging applications without connecting to a BlackBerry smartphone. This quickly led sales PlayBook pretty bleak, this suggests that RIM has little understanding of the tablet before the product launch.

Cisco Cius

Cisco Cius is a tablet faces out toward business users. But high prices, faced with iPad, Slate 2 and continuous delay have also made the list Cius disappointing to users.

Motorola Xoom

Motorola Xoom with Android 3.0 Honeycomb and 10.1 screen is said to rival the iPad deserve. But when users discovered that Honeycomb is really not ready for widespread use and 10.1 inch screen of the Xoom can not fully consistent over iPad 2 screen, the device did not get into of.

Acer Iconia

Although known for the high-quality computer models, but when it comes to the tablet market, the company seems to have no place. Tablet Iconia's a decent design, but does not bring a difference compared to the competitors. Moreover, the poor marketing of the company has made many consumers ignore the device. With a better strategy, Acer will probably change this.

T-Mobile SpringBoard

T-Mobile's SpringBoard running Android is seen as a cheaper option than the Apple iPad. The downside of this tablet which is 200 USD small screen - 7 inches, and is competing with rival Amazon Kindle Fire extremely compelling. Devices that result in sales lower than expected.

Coby Kyros

Kyros is probably quite unfamiliar name to many users. Coby's tablet product is equipped with Android 2.3 OS, an operating system is not suitable for a tablet, with a design that is poorly understood.

Velocity Micro Cruz

Velocity Micro is one of the computer manufacturer for the best store in the world, but when it comes to tablet, the company seems to have disappeared. Cruz Tablet its disappointment with the Android 2.3 operating system, the design is bulky and difficult to use. 300 USD price of the product is attractive, but with much higher quality product to appear, Cruz Tablet really has no place.

Vizio

As a provider of TV, Vizio has released its own tablet, but the device is really hard to compete with iPad and is not an alternative for mobile TV.

Pandigital Supernova

Like Coby Kyros, Pandigital Supernova is a tablet form is almost nonexistent in the minds of people. Devices running Android and comes with a number of attractive features, including output microHDMI and microSD card slot, but the 8 inch screen of the device is surrounded between 7 inch and iPad Kindle Fire 2 9.7 inch. In addition, Pandigital brand unnoticed, so Supernova fade quickly this year.

The last day of the tablet HP TouchPad has to

Today  will be the last day of Hewlett-Packard (HP) TouchPad tablet sold for $ 99 and 149 USD.
According to a statement posted on HP's internal web TechCrunch technology, HP will end the short lifetime of the TouchPad tablet by "discharge" on eBay for $ 99 USD and 149 USD equivalent the 16 GB version and 32 GB today.
Previously, HP had some indication as to stop selling TouchPad: providing employees before the company sold on eBay, refreshing all units TouchPad tablet.
TouchPad runs on WebOS operating system, which HP launched in August this year - two months after the hardware WebOS closed. The price of this device appears to be $ 99.99, by HP and retailers like Best Buy distribution.
Specifications of the TouchPad include multi-touch screen 9.7-inch with a resolution of 1024 x 768, dual-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8060 1.2 GHz speed, the HP operating system WebOS , a 1.3 megapixel front camera, and speaker of the Beats Audio (manufacturer of audio equipment HP has been known to buy back this year).
The market tablets began to flourish at the end of this year. Forecast in 2012, a series of new products, high profile, good design will be announced. In addition, the status of "knock out" of the old type tablets have difficulty competing issues such as the HP TouchPad is also understandable.

Commenting on the competition has lower prices tablet Kindle Fire

After the Fire of the Amazon Kindle release, other tablet makers quickly find the heat of the new equipment, not to mention the impact of the Apple iPad. So what has reduced product prices are really attractive?

BlackBerry PlayBook

Tablet of Research In Motion BlackBerry PlayBook with 7 inch screen was developed based on the QNX operating system. QNX is an operating system represents the future of RIM. PlayBook initially start at 499 USD for 16 GB version at Best Buy but the product was sold for $ 299 USD.

Pros: powerful multitasking capability that allows applications running in the background but not limited swipe navigation capabilities perfect PlayBook by the small screen. The device is also capable of handling much better than Adobe Flash for Android tablet.

Cons: not high-performance work, no email or calendar function is available, applications are not really noticeable.
Review: RIM certainly will not give PlayBook, this is probably true because QNX is an important foundation of the company's future. This Tablet is an insight about the potential power of QNX soon as RIM added features email, calendar and support the application on the Android platform.

HTC Flyer

A 7 inch tablet Android, the HTC Flyer running Android 2.3 Gingerbread HTC Sense UI interface. Prices of products starting from 499 USD, but has dropped to 299 USD on Friday 1 / 10. Flyer to work with a digital pen (sold separately for $ 80 USD) that allows users to draw and write notes in nguech surprise a few applications.

Pros: Flyer with rounded edges and the aluminum casing feels comfortable in the user's hands. A set of navigation buttons capacitive rotation from portrait mode to landscape mode depending on the orientation of the hardware.
Cons: Running Android 2.3 Gingerbread is not optimized for tablet. And because OS uses the Flyer could not run the application for the tablet at the Android Market. In addition, the processor of 1.5 GHz single core Flyer seem outdated in a world of dual-core.

Review: New Lower Price of Flyer for devices that can compete with Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 inch for those who want to use high-quality tablet. But this is not a great choice for those who need the needs of multimedia entertainment.

HP TouchPad

Tablet is the first and only HP was quick to lower prices from 499 USD to $ 99 in August. Recently, HP was quick to sell a new range of tablet 10 inch price is attractive for its own employees in the company only. The user can buy this product is sold on eBay for $ 239 USD.

Pros: webOS OS support multitasking features of the best on the market today.

Cons: Tablet thicker and heavier than the iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1. Software webOS not smooth or intuitive as Apple's IOS and nobody has a clear idea about the long-term viability of this operating system.
Review: On eBay, a tablet TouchPad is expensive, it is probably best suited for users like to tinker, and if equipment failure may be switching to Android operating system.

Toshiba Thrive

Tablet 10 inch Honeycomb Android 3.2 is quite thick, heavy and ugly, but that's the only Android tablet on the market have USB ports, HDMI and SD card slot in full size. Toshiba launches Thrive with price 400 USD for the 8 GB, but now the price has dropped down to 380 USD at BestBuy.

Advantages: Wear full-size USB port for connectivity, HDMI and SD card slot helps to look like PC equipment than its rivals.

Cons: Design is not impressive, below average battery and software packed with bloatware, adware format.
Review: Toshiba will probably be 7 inches off my equipment with 10-inch sibling was known under the name AT200 is probably better to compete with other products.

Acer Iconia Tab A500

There is nothing special about a 10 inch tablet Honeycomb's Android, but Acer's full-size USB port lets you connect a mouse, keyboard, gamepad or an external hard drive. Iconia Tab A500 starts at 450 USD, but this was reduced to 400 USD on BestBuy.

Pros: full-size USB port, aluminum design and decorate the beauty of its own.
Cons: Large and heavy, the display is not really impressive.
Review: With a price around 300 USD probably Iconia Tab tablet will fit and is the cheapest option for people if you need a tablet able to connect to peripherals.

Amazon Kindle Fire officially released for $ 199

Amazon, the online retail world's largest, has officially announced the Kindle Fire with computer retail price only $ 199, half the price than Apple iPad the cheapest of the 499 USD level.

Fire tablets of Amazon Kindle good value to compete with the iPad?

Many expect the release date

Fire Amazon Kindle is equipped with 7 inch screen is enhanced equipment from e-book reading device Kindle reader's platform and runs on Google's Android operating system.
In his speech introducing the device, its CEO, Jeff Bezos, Kindle Fire is believed that one of the tablet PC market dominated board in the future and can pose a real challenge for the iPad Apple, especially after rival Hewlett-Packard and Research In Motion is showing signs of retreat.

Apple CEO, Jeff Bezos, the Kindle Fire in hands on introduction

According to Brian Blair, an analyst at Wedge Partners Corp, believes that sales of electronic books, movies and music on Amazon's online store to purchase through Fire Kindle may help offset the small profits from low prices that the company has made.
Blair said: "Tablet of the Amazon really has the potential compared to other tablets because of the infrastructure that the company owns. If you look at Amazon's product, none of the other tablets currently on the market can meet a large media content such as multimedia devices. "

Configuration is not high

Kindle Fire is not equipped with a camera or microphone. Instead this device provides Wi-Fi connection but do not support access to 3G. Users get 30 days free use of Amazon Prime service, advanced services, the company's subscription costs 79 USD / year, including video streaming and free shipping buy on Amazon devices in time 2 days.
Amazon has drawn on the rough surface of the Android operating system a fresh interface and easy to use, allowing the device can connect to a vast library of online book content, movies, magazines and music Amazon's growing.
Amazon Kindle Fire use dual-core processor is TI OMAP clock 1 GHz, 8 GB of storage space in memory, IPS screen with wide glass bearing Gorilla Glass 7 inch for resolution 1024 x 600 pixels.
Equipment size 190 x 120 x 11.4 mm and weighs 413 grams. Users can fully charge the batteries within 4 hours and can be recharged via USB connection to your computer. Additionally, Kindle Fire also offers microUSB port (but the lack of expandable memory card slot).
Really, with a 7 inch screen, users of Kindle Fire still poses a question mark about the feasibility of whether or not the Kindle Fire are formidable opponents for the iPad. Because the current trend of users seem to prefer a 10.1 inch screen than a small-screen limitations.

Reaction from the market

The analyst said that the new Fire Kindle may help Amazon's revenue was up more next year, an estimated increase of 32% to 64.6 billion USD in 2012. But if in the worse direction, Amazon may be disappointed if your tablet does not bring in revenue quickly.
Analysts predict the average total return of the Amazon tablet will reach 22.17% in 2012. Gross margin as a percentage of sales left after subtracting the cost of production equipment.

Besides Fire Kindle, Amazon also introduced other basic equipment Kindle

According to Steve Weinstein, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities, said that if not successful this year, investors hope that the market will grow Kindle Fire in 2012 actually.
It is known that Apple iPad began selling in April 2010 and iPad 2 was introduced in March this year. Devices with touch screens of Apple owns the display 9.7 inch wide and is considered the largest source of revenue after Apple's iPhone. As of 25 / 6, Apple sold 9.25 million iPad, a pretty impressive numbers in just over a year.
Apple is also market leader in mobile applications with more than 425,000 applications available, including more than 100,000 applications are designed for iPad.

In very difficult

Although widely expected but Amazon certainly will not forget the fall of the two opponents are considered potential kicked iPad dominance in the launch of RIM PlayBook is introduced in the second quarter and of HP TouchPad.
While sales only reached 200,000 PlayBook equipment, less than half that predicted by analysts, the TouchPad is worse than death when HP in August about a month after launch.

Kindle Fire whether the car wound down the RIM BlackBerry HP TouchPad and leave?

It should be noted further that, the software maker in the world, Microsoft, has not officially released the Windows operating system for tablet PCs, at least will only become available in the following year.
According to IDC, the iPad account for 68% of the tablet is sold worldwide in the second quarter, while Motorola Mobility and Samsung share the same 27% of tablet sold.