{"id":640136,"date":"2011-05-07T17:09:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T22:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/?p=559"},"modified":"2011-05-07T17:09:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-07T22:09:14","slug":"unbox-the-blackberry-playbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/640136","title":{"rendered":"Unbox the BlackBerry PlayBook\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-1751.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-1751.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This will be my first post and it will be about the unboxing of my new BlackBerry PlayBook.\u00a0 I have never used a tablet so this is new territory for me.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_560\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 420px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-1731.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-1731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Package from Staples<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The packaging is professional as you would expect it to be.\u00a0 Here are a few shots&#8230;.<br \/>\n<span id=\"more-559\"><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-1742.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-561\" src=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-1742.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-1761.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-563\" src=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-1761.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not many accessories.\u00a0 Just a wall charger and a USB cord&#8230;.Oh, and a neoprene sleeve that you can see in the photo above on the right&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-177.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-564\" src=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here comes the boot-up&#8230;.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-565\" src=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Took a bit more than a minute, but hey, we get balloons to watch&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-566\" src=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WiFi setup was absolutely effortless (sorry about the reflections.\u00a0 I will catch on for the next pics)&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-182.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-567\" src=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a software update was next.\u00a0 About 280MB and was done in a flash&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-183.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.everythingberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/PlayBook-2011-183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First impressions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Very sturdy-feeling build.\u00a0 Has a quality feel<\/li>\n<li>Screen is absolutely beautiful.\u00a0 Crisp, clear with vibrant colors<\/li>\n<li>WiFi is incredibly fast<\/li>\n<li>Downloaded and installed the Bridge to my Tour.\u00a0 Easy<\/li>\n<li>Set up the BB Bridge to connect to my Tour (on BES).\u00a0 Easy, but browsing with the Bridge Browser is, as you might expect, s l o w<\/li>\n<li>Upgraded BB Desktop.\u00a0 Easy<\/li>\n<li>Logging on the BB App World a breeze<\/li>\n<li>Almost no apps available the first day, but there seem to be new ones going up in App World daily.<\/li>\n<li>BBM was recently added and is easy to use while Bridged<\/li>\n<li>Typing with the on-screen keyboard is actually easier than I expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I purchased the PlayBook as a toy to play with.\u00a0 I had no intentions of pretending it is to make myself more efficient at work, but I did keep saying &#8220;why did I buy this?&#8221;.\u00a0 I had a two week period to return it with no questions and I am happy to say I let that expire.\u00a0 I find myself sitting in front of the TV with the PB, but I am finding I become so distracted I am not watching the television shows.<\/p>\n<p>There is much to learn about this little device and while I may not be using it to its fullest potential I believe it has met my expectations&#8230;..It is a great toy.\u00a0 I fully expect to become more proficient and I also expect I will start using it at work.<\/p>\n<p>I plan to post updates as time allows to let you know how the experience is progressing.\u00a0 I also have begun to put together a PlayBook Tips and Tricks guide which I hope to post in the PB Forum in a few days&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will be my first post and it will be about the unboxing of my new BlackBerry PlayBook.\u00a0 I have never used a tablet so this is new territory for me. The Package from Staples The packaging is professional as you would expect it to be.\u00a0 Here are a few shots&#8230;. Not many accessories.\u00a0 Just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7425,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-640136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}