Yep, that's right. After all these years of covering the BlackBerry beat, I finally made the voyage today and am now in Waterloo, Ontario, the hometown of Research In Motion. You'll definitely want to check out the video above where I say hello from in front of RIM Building #1!!
I only have two main goals right now... attend the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday night and try my best not to get arrested before I leave (seriously, knowing there's likely BlackBerry Bold 9900's behind those RIM walls has me thinking thoughts I'd best not act on!). That said, I'm *sure* I'll find a whole bunch of other BlackBerry-related things to do while here, so keep it locked to CrackBerry as we report back with more live-on-location stories this week. I can feel The Force is strong here!
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