Blackberry Playbook 7" Tablet PC Unboxing Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2011-05-08
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1,118 words · ~5 min read
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All right, guys. So, I already did an overview of the BlackBerry Playbook, but
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I had not actually done an unboxing yet. So, this is going to be uh pretty much a
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pure unboxing. The BlackBerry Playbook comes in a variety of different
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capacities. This is a 32 gig version. Of note is the fact that the PlayBook is
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not expandable via SD uh SD card. So,
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you're pretty much stuck with the capacity that you have. So, that is
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something to bear in mind. Although, if you're anything like me, if you're using
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a tablet device, you're probably going to be accessing a lot of your content
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over a network, whether it is the internet or whether it is your home
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network. And I'm just going to use my handy dandy multi-use NCIX pen to break
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the seal on here. And we can have a look at
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the ah, there we go. At the BlackBerry
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Playbook and what it
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includes. All right. So the first thing we find inside the box is a kind of
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neoprene sheath for the playbook. Okay,
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you can see the top of it is accessible. So you can at least reach your uh play,
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pause, and volume buttons as well as the power button. So you do have access to
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your media controls. The next thing you find inside
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is cryptically hard to open. Make sure you're in an area with Wi-Fi coverage.
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There's your power button. Press the power button. Follow the steps on the screen. So, this appears to be some kind
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of a quick start guide. Oh, and it comes with complimentary technical support for
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90 days after the potato's purchase. All right. Available in a few different languages. Exciting. Next, we have a
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piece of blue plastic. And then we've got a pretty slick looking package. This
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is almost razoresque in terms of its uh
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style and flare. And it's sealed. What's
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the point of sealing packages on the inside of the sealed pack? I left my
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knife somewhere. And uh I don't have it on me at this. So
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there is another way to open packages. You can peel back the tape which I never
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do. All right. In here we will find a
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USB data cable. We will also find a power cable
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that plugs into the same USB data cable
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jack. So you can either do just power or you can do power and data. I believe the
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BlackBerry Playbook charges off of your computer if it can provide enough power
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through the USB port. It comes with a cleaning cloth which says BlackBerry
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Playbook on it. I don't know if you can see that. There you go. Now you can. All
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right. And then also comes with safety
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and product information
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booklet in a variety of languages as well as limited warranty. All right. So,
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electrical safety, battery safety. So, pretty much there's not a whole lot in
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terms of instructions included with the BlackBerry Playbook. Let's have a look
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at the device itself. though if you want to have a more thorough look at it, I
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would recommend checking out my other video. Okay, so here they explain the
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concept of of dragging your menus uh from the top and the bottom of the
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screen depending what it is you're trying to do. See if we can turn it on
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here. I'm just going to remove the screen
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protector. Removing screen protectors is always fun. I don't think we've actually
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got enough charge to turn it on. I just tried to press the power button. And I
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saw the light go on for a second and then it Oh, maybe we do. Maybe we do.
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So, we've got our BlackBerry logo here, the BlackBerry Playbook, as was pointed
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out to me. Um, besides the Well, hold on a second. No, that must not be right
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then. Well, whatever. We've got our stereo speakers here. And here,
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uh, we'll do a quick product tour. It says 32 gig here. There's your USB port.
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Um, well, well, okay. No, I think that one is the micro HDMI. There's your USB
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port. Here's a few contacts for a docking station. Okay, moving around to
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the other side, we find nothing. Moving to the top, we find the media controls
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that I showed you before, as well as a
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headphone and microphone jack. Moving around to this side, we find nothing.
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It's a very simplistic overall design. On the back, you find your rear camera
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as well as a BlackBerry logo. And it's
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still booting up, so it seems to kind of take a little while to boot up. Although, as with most tablets, you
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shouldn't really be booting it down all the way. Why don't you guys have a look
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at the viewing angle of the screen? It's actually here. It's really reflective.
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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
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extreme angle. Very cool. And then I'm
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just going to Okay. So, you can kind of see what it looks like from the middle.
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You swipe to continue. So, here's the set initial setup. Really, it's that
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easy. So, you just Okay. So, I'm going to connect to this, which is an open uh
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wireless access point. Way to go,
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cameraman. Swipe to continue. All right.
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I can set the date and time automatically. I can use 24-hour time
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here. I'll do a little bit of setup and then we'll come back, guys. So, now
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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
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is the BlackBerry ID bit. Um, basically
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unless you have a BlackBerry, you're kind of locked out of
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some of the functionality in terms of the calendar, like the built-in calendar
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app, as well as a couple other things. So, that's the one kind of disadvantage
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that a lot of people have talked about to do with the BlackBerry Playbook. Um,
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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
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check out the usage video in my other video. And don't forget to subscribe to
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