Blackberry Playbook

We bought a Blackberry Playbook today.  Grandpa wants to buy one for his grand kids.  We got the 32 Gig one for $333 taxes included at The Source.  Tried to get one at BestBuy yesterday, but the service was pretty crappy.  Won't go there anytime soon.  There was a glitch in the startup (couldn't type in the Blackberry ID at the startup).  So, we went to The Source at The Centre Mall to ask.  One of the guys there simply shut it down and let it reboot.  I had to sit outside there store and have the OS update itself for about an hour.  It works fine now.  I'm really happy that the Blackberry is MADE IN TAIWAN.  Unlike the iPad which is made in China by a Taiwanese company (traitors!).

Now, I'm rooting for RIM as I HATE APPLE.  They are super cocky and Apple and Steve Jobs just enrich themselves.  Mike Lazaridis helped to create the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo to enhance Canada's research profile.  I hope they can get the Android stuff to work on the Playbook, but given that Android is a favorite hacking target now, maybe it's good there's a delay. QNX is rock solid, so it would be a shame if it was tarnished by Android hack jobs.