BlackBerry PlayBook - Preview

I'm so excited for the release of the blackberry playbook. There are about a million reasons I want one, but the multi-tasking abilities are one thing I'm way excited about. It's smaller and lighter than its competitors, but what are the price differences? What price are we looking at for this? I think they should have released it this year so it could sell for this holiday season rather than release right at the beginning of a new year when we're all broke.