If you've been following all the BlackBerry PlayBook action in the forums then you'd know that in Ontario some Research In Motion reps have been hanging out at some of the Best Buy and Future Shop locations demoing the BlackBerry PlayBook for anyone interested. Some of our forums members have decided to swing by those locations and scoop up some hands-on time with the device and gather up some info.
Courtesy of Doug1010, the above video is of the bootup sequence from the PlayBook -- something we meant to capture in previous hands-on but slipped our minds. Either way, as we get closer and close to launch date it's fun to read through some of the details everyone is finding out about the PlayBook and I'm personally sticking to my thoughts that the BlackBerry PlayBook has a lot of features we've not seen nor likely will see until its release.
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