All right, guys. So, I already did an overview of the BlackBerry Playbook, but
I had not actually done an unboxing yet. So, this is going to be uh pretty much a
pure unboxing. The BlackBerry Playbook comes in a variety of different
capacities. This is a 32 gig version. Of note is the fact that the PlayBook is
not expandable via SD uh SD card. So,
you're pretty much stuck with the capacity that you have. So, that is
something to bear in mind. Although, if you're anything like me, if you're using
a tablet device, you're probably going to be accessing a lot of your content
over a network, whether it is the internet or whether it is your home
network. And I'm just going to use my handy dandy multi-use NCIX pen to break
the seal on here. And we can have a look at
the ah, there we go. At the BlackBerry
Playbook and what it
includes. All right. So the first thing we find inside the box is a kind of
neoprene sheath for the playbook. Okay,
you can see the top of it is accessible. So you can at least reach your uh play,
pause, and volume buttons as well as the power button. So you do have access to
your media controls. The next thing you find inside
is cryptically hard to open. Make sure you're in an area with Wi-Fi coverage.
There's your power button. Press the power button. Follow the steps on the screen. So, this appears to be some kind
of a quick start guide. Oh, and it comes with complimentary technical support for
90 days after the potato's purchase. All right. Available in a few different languages. Exciting. Next, we have a
piece of blue plastic. And then we've got a pretty slick looking package. This
is almost razoresque in terms of its uh
style and flare. And it's sealed. What's
the point of sealing packages on the inside of the sealed pack? I left my
knife somewhere. And uh I don't have it on me at this. So
there is another way to open packages. You can peel back the tape which I never
do. All right. In here we will find a
USB data cable. We will also find a power cable
that plugs into the same USB data cable
jack. So you can either do just power or you can do power and data. I believe the
BlackBerry Playbook charges off of your computer if it can provide enough power
through the USB port. It comes with a cleaning cloth which says BlackBerry
Playbook on it. I don't know if you can see that. There you go. Now you can. All
right. And then also comes with safety
and product information
booklet in a variety of languages as well as limited warranty. All right. So,
electrical safety, battery safety. So, pretty much there's not a whole lot in
terms of instructions included with the BlackBerry Playbook. Let's have a look
at the device itself. though if you want to have a more thorough look at it, I
would recommend checking out my other video. Okay, so here they explain the
concept of of dragging your menus uh from the top and the bottom of the
screen depending what it is you're trying to do. See if we can turn it on
here. I'm just going to remove the screen
protector. Removing screen protectors is always fun. I don't think we've actually
got enough charge to turn it on. I just tried to press the power button. And I
saw the light go on for a second and then it Oh, maybe we do. Maybe we do.
So, we've got our BlackBerry logo here, the BlackBerry Playbook, as was pointed
out to me. Um, besides the Well, hold on a second. No, that must not be right
then. Well, whatever. We've got our stereo speakers here. And here,
uh, we'll do a quick product tour. It says 32 gig here. There's your USB port.
Um, well, well, okay. No, I think that one is the micro HDMI. There's your USB
port. Here's a few contacts for a docking station. Okay, moving around to
the other side, we find nothing. Moving to the top, we find the media controls
that I showed you before, as well as a
headphone and microphone jack. Moving around to this side, we find nothing.
It's a very simplistic overall design. On the back, you find your rear camera
as well as a BlackBerry logo. And it's
still booting up, so it seems to kind of take a little while to boot up. Although, as with most tablets, you
shouldn't really be booting it down all the way. Why don't you guys have a look
at the viewing angle of the screen? It's actually here. It's really reflective.
So, I'm going to stand here so you can kind of see. Can you see that? You can still read the screen even from that
extreme angle. Very cool. And then I'm
just going to Okay. So, you can kind of see what it looks like from the middle.
You swipe to continue. So, here's the set initial setup. Really, it's that
easy. So, you just Okay. So, I'm going to connect to this, which is an open uh
wireless access point. Way to go,
cameraman. Swipe to continue. All right.
I can set the date and time automatically. I can use 24-hour time
here. I'll do a little bit of setup and then we'll come back, guys. So, now
we're at a point in the setup process that I should talk about that I did not talk about in my product tour, and that
is the BlackBerry ID bit. Um, basically
unless you have a BlackBerry, you're kind of locked out of
some of the functionality in terms of the calendar, like the built-in calendar
app, as well as a couple other things. So, that's the one kind of disadvantage
that a lot of people have talked about to do with the BlackBerry Playbook. Um,
right now I don't have a BlackBerry ID, so we're probably not going to finish booting this one up, but you guys can
check out the usage video in my other video. And don't forget to subscribe to
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