Seven-inch tablet PlayBook, which RIM sell at fairly modest scale was originally supposed to be a kind of companion for smart phone from this manufacturer, and therefore own modem to work on 3G is not acquired. Due to the high cost and limited demand, in recent months the price dropped to $ 299.
In the North American continent PlayBook versions with 16 and 32 GB memory are available for the same price $ 149.
In the second quarter this year RIM will release a seven-inch tablet PlayBook with support of 3G + networks (HSPA + at speeds up to 42 Mbit / s). It also gets clocked at 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and the ability to work with NFC standard .