Rim PlayBook on purchase at Best To Buy for $299

Which was fast. Best To Buy within the U.S. knocked the Rim PlayBook tablet lower to $299, apparently in reaction towards the market-upending cost from the Amazon's Kindle Fire.

Is RIM feeling the Amazon . com Kindle Fire warmth The Rim PlayBook continued purchase Wednesday at Best To Buy. The 16GB model dropped to $299 from $499.

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Hitting each model on U.S. Best Buy's PlayBook page by Wednesday evening will disclose the 16GB PlayBook fell to $299 from $499, the 32GB dropped to $399 from $599, and also the 64GB model to $499 from $699.

Although this does not quite match the $99 fire purchase for Hewlett-Packard's Touch pad, $200 from the regular cost of the PlayBook is certainly not to sniff at.

Amazon . com introduced today the Kindle Fire will cost $199, despite getting much the same specifications towards the PlayBook.

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