Detective Hardaway: Open up, dell’Antonio! I know you’re in there!

Fabrizio dell’Antonio: What the…? It’s six o’clock in the morning…

Detective Hardaway: Some people are up every day at this hour. Honest people. Hard-working people. But you wouldn’t know a thing about that, would you, dell’Antonio?

Fabrizio dell’Antonio: (yawn) I don’t know what you’re here for, Detective, but -

Detective Hardaway: It’s not to bring you your morning bagel with a venti latte, scumbag. I put my ear to the pavement and heard some fascinating news about that little shipment you have on the way.

Fabrizio dell’Antonio: Why, Detective, I have no idea what you’re talking about.

Detective Hardaway: Save the act for Steppenwolf, dell’Antonio. We know all about the RIM Blackberry 7290 Unlocked Wireless Handheld Device. Email, phone, web browser, SMS, organizer, built-in Bluetooth. And unlocked for use with Cingular, T-Mobile, or any other GSM/GPRS carrier. Potent stuff. Makes me think about all the poor saps who’re gonna get hooked on it, all the lives that are gonna be ruined. But you wouldn’t care about anything like that, would you, sleazerag?

Fabrizio dell’Antonio: Come now, Detective. It’s not that strong. It’s not a smartphone, so it can’t do Word documents in native format. And no speakerphone or expandable memory.

Detective Hardaway: Nice try. You know just as well as I do that that just means it has a longer battery life. Now, are you going to play nice and come down to the station with me, or do we have to get rugged?

Fabrizio dell’Antonio: But Blackberries aren’t illegal.

Detective Hardaway: So you’re an expert on the law now, scuzzbowl? Funny, I don’t see a JD degree on these walls anywhere. Why don’t we just let a judge settle that?

Fabrizio dell’Antonio: Now, Detective, I’m sure we can come to an amicable solution. I’ve always thought it’s a shame how underfunded our law enforcement system is. Guy like you, busting your butt for twenty years on the force – seems like you deserve something nice once in a while. I happen to have a sample RIM Blackberry 7290 right here, and it’s looking for a good home…

Detective Hardaway: You disgust me, dell’Antonio. I’ll let you off with a warning this time. Just make sure the travel charger and both USB cables are in the box.

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