Blackberry Playbook Tablet £169 at Currys/PCWorld

lightphase

just reserved one for the mother in law every store in manchester is showing out of stock now.

also they are selling the Dell Streak for £99 for home delivery and you get the £50 with it

mcallister1

Still in stock in Dundee. Thanks op!

prowla

I tried to have a go on one this morning but it froze on me and no tapping of screen would resurrect it so the assistant in the shop had to reset it.
I wasn't that impressed, and would rather spend more on something with a larger screen and that was more functional.
It's be worth it for under £100, but at £170 I'll give it a miss.

lengloi

There is plenty of stock left in Currys Oldham and Warrington. Make you you reserve and collect. All reserve and collect which had not been picked up today will be put back into the 'free stock'.

biganni

Melgirl wrote: »

Minimum spend for free voucher is £50 unfortunately

Can someone clarify? How much do you have to spend to use the £50 voucher... is it £50 or £200? Both have been posted TIA

pepperoni_2

biganni wrote: »

Can someone clarify? How much do you have to spend to use the £50 voucher... is it £50 or £200? Both have been posted TIA

According to terms and conditions it's £200

masm50

Quite a few places seem to be dropping the price of the 16GB to £169 after the move by Dixons/Currys/PC World.

Carphone Warehouse now has the 32GB for £199 as well, but I think we may see some even bigger discounts on these in the next few days for the (pre) January sales.

TechFruit seem to be keeping up-to-date for the PlayBook discounts like they did with the TouchPads at
techfruit.com/2011/12/23/deal-blackberry-playbook-7-tablet-for-169/

(I can't post a link as I'm new(ish))

biganni

Thanks Pepperoni... at £50 spend I might have treated myself, but I dont have anything I need to spend another £200 on so will probably give it a miss. thanks for the info & Merry Christmas

rmwebs

(Disclaimer: I'm an application developer and have worked on the iPad, Android tablets and the BB Playbook)

A word of warning. If you plan on purchasing a Playbook, dont expect much. Because there are so few developers (which is DECREASING fast, NOT INCREASING) there are very few apps. If you buy one of these, its good for internet browsing - thats about it. In addition because of the financial trouble that Research in Motion are in, its highly likely based on recent events that the tablet will be discontinued within the next 2 months and not replaced with a newer model. Put simply, RIM are on the verge of going under. I'm not saying dont get one....I'm just advising people be prepared or be disappointed - do some research into it before hitting the buy button.

Personally I'd say go for an Android based tablet - you can get ones around the same specs (if not better) than the playbook for £100 - £150. Check out 'TheRegister.com' - they reviewed the budget android tablets recently and have some pretty decent recommendations.

The playbook wont go out of stock - they have millions of the things stockpiled simply because they cant shift them due to their lack of use.

Merry Xmas - hope everyone gets the bargains they want

biganni

Sorry to be a pest.. when is the £50 voucher valid from/to? TIA