{"id":87320,"date":"1999-12-31T00:15:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/vodafone-bridges-blackberry-bold-playbook-in-bundle\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:15:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:15:00","slug":"vodafone-bridges-blackberry-bold-playbook-in-bundle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/vodafone-bridges-blackberry-bold-playbook-in-bundle\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone Bridges BlackBerry Bold &#038; PlayBook In Bundle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vodafone will be bringing the BlackBerry PlayBook and the Bold 9780 smartphone together in a monthly package when the Research In Motion tablet is released next week.<\/p>\n<p>With many <a href=\"http:\/\/smarthouse.com.au\/Reviews\/Home_Office\/W9D9S8P5\">early reviews <\/a>pointing to the shortcomings of the &#8216;Bridge&#8217; system that pairs BlackBerry phones with PlayBooks and the implications for users that don&#8217;t use a BlackBerry phone, Vodafone is bridging the gap with their latest bundle.<\/p>\n<table style=\"\" align=\"Center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"500\" height=\"400\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/20110624031538d6e2f_500x400.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The PlayBook tablet will be available on Wednesday, June 29 with a BlackBerry Bold 9780 for $59 per month on Vodafone&#8217;s $49 cap plan over a 24 month contract. 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