This guy received a free PB for submitting an app. The PB he received is defective and will not turn on. RIM support agrees it is defective but keeps giving him the runaround in replacing it. This is a clear example of what RIM needs to fix if they ever hope to get back to half of what they once were.
If the PlayBook is not in their system, it will not activate. I don't think it is that the PlayBook is defective, just that how ever it was distributed to him, it did not get entered into the RIM system as being distributed. All support can do is ask him to contact where he got it and have them enter it into the system and or replace it.
In other words, somebody missed a step in the distribution process. This stringent control over serial numbers and activations/software updates is a good thing for us PlayBook owners. It removes the possibility of grey market and stolen PlayBooks working.
If the PlayBook is not in their system, it will not activate. I don't think it is that the PlayBook is defective, just that how ever it was distributed to him, it did not get entered into the RIM system as being distributed. All support can do is ask him to contact where he got it and have them enter it into the system and or replace it.
In other words, somebody missed a step in the distribution process. This stringent control over serial numbers and activations/software updates is a good thing for us PlayBook owners. It removes the possibility of grey market and stolen PlayBooks working.
He received it directly from RIM so he is asking them to replace it. He never had a chance to activate it because it won't power up.
