Lost Playbook - best course of action

Suffice it to say, I lost my Playbook....it was strong password protected, and I lost it around a month ago. No attempts have been made to download apps in the app store, and I cannot think of a way that someone would be able to figure out the password.
Is there something I should or can do to deactivate the playbook pin with my device/appworld?
It was a gift and I'm upset about it - but when I can save enough money, I'd like to get another, and I'm guessing that all of my apps are gone - I assume I can't get them back and somehow deactivate the old playbook and reassociate the new tablet to my old apps...
I loved pairing the pb with my Bold, but I'm holding out anyway to see if I can hang on long enough for BB10. I am out of contract with Sprint and my old 9650 is barely hanging on - I don't want to buy a BB7 product and be stuck with it while BB10 is released. I'm starting to doubt my sanity in keeping a blackberry consistently since my first iDEN 7510. I think if this Bold croaks before BB10 release, it may be a moot point, I'll jump ship permanently.
Anyway, looking forward to an answer, thanks, as always.

5eleven wrote:
Thanks!
I was aware of it being bricked. My only question then, is it usable to anyone? Is there any way for RIM to deactivate completely the device PIN?
And are you saying to change my appworld password? Is that the BB password you are talking about? I don't understand, I don't think.
Actually, it does not "brick" (unless something goes wrong)...rather, it is Wiped, to a condition as if fresh and new. So, that means it would be usable...Wiping is a perfectly normal process to attempt under certain diagnostic circumstances, but it is not intended to render a device unusable...rather, in this circumstance, it is designed to protect the priceless component of the device...the data...the device itself is a commodity.
Depending on where you are with OS levels, you would have configured either an AppWorld password or, more likely, a BB ID and password. BB ID is replacing independent passwords in various RIM systems so as to unify, under one set of credentials, access to a number of RIM proprietary services, AppWorld being one of them. But, again, it depends where you are in your BB OS process for both your BB as well as your PB. But, if all you ever used was an AppWorld password, then yes, that's what I mean...if you use BB ID, then it's that credential that you should change.
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