I was just sitting here watching the BlackBerry PlayBook vs. iPad Web Fidelity comparison video put out by RIM and it got to thinking about what RIM can do to truly spark some interest surrounding the PlayBook once it is released. If it turns out that the PlayBook is as good, or, maybe even a little better than the iPad, will that be enough to make the PlayBook sell well in comparison? I am not so sure…
If just being equal to the iPad isn’t enough to make you buy an PlayBook as compared to an iPad, what could RIM do to sway you towards their device?
Free Tethering to your BlackBerry!!!
In the absence of a Wi-Fi connection, the BlackBerry PlayBook can get access to the internet via a secure Blutooth Connection to your BlackBerry. Carriers generally charge a pretty penny to allow your mobile device to act as a tether to another device and I don’t see why this would be any different for the BlackBerry PlayBook, unless, of course, RIM were to work out some sort of deal where this would not be the case. Such a deal, similar to the one that Palm had with Verizon for Free Wi-Fi Hotspot on the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi could be RIM’s proverbial Ace in the hole when it comes to the BlackBerry PlayBook…
If RIM can pull off free tethering for the PlayBook to BlackBerry devices with the carriers and the PlayBook is as good a device as everyone says that it is is going to be, RIM will sell quite a few of these things…