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Blackberry PlayBook Updates
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Its out now - Will download at night..
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 is here «Inside BlackBerry - The Official BlackBerry Blog
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 is here «Inside BlackBerry - The Official BlackBerry Blog
• Integrated email client with a powerful unified inbox: With BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 you have the option to use a unified inbox that consolidates all messages in one place, including messages from Facebook®, LinkedIn® and Twitter®, as well as personal and work email accounts.
• Social Integration with Calendar and Contacts apps: The built-in calendar harnesses information from social networks and makes it available where and when users need it. Contact cards are also dynamically populated with updated information from Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to create a consolidated view of contacts.
• Updated BlackBerry Bridge app: BlackBerry® Bridge™ is a unique app that provides a Bluetooth® connection between your BlackBerry PlayBook and core apps on your BlackBerry® smartphone (including BBM™, Email, Contacts, Calendar and Browser) in order to let you view the content on the larger tablet display. With BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, it’s easier and quicker than ever to take documents, web pages, emails and photos that appear on your BlackBerry smartphone and display them on your BlackBerry PlayBook for an optimized viewing and editing experience. The updated BlackBerry Bridge app also provides a new remote control feature that allows a BlackBerry smartphone to be used as a wireless keyboard and mouse for a BlackBerry PlayBook.
• Improved mobile productivity: Updated document editing functions, the new Print To Go app, and increased control and manageability of corporate data with BlackBerry® Balance ™ allow you to get more out of your BlackBerry PlayBook every day. Plus, an updated virtual keyboard with auto correction and predictive next word completion learns how you type to enable faster, more accurate typing.
• New apps and content: Thousands of new apps are being added to BlackBerry App World™ today (including a range of Android® apps that will run on the BlackBerry PlayBook). A new BlackBerry Video Store1 is launching today. Enhanced web browsing capabilities are also available with BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0.
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Available Today
• Social Integration with Calendar and Contacts apps: The built-in calendar harnesses information from social networks and makes it available where and when users need it. Contact cards are also dynamically populated with updated information from Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to create a consolidated view of contacts.
• Updated BlackBerry Bridge app: BlackBerry® Bridge™ is a unique app that provides a Bluetooth® connection between your BlackBerry PlayBook and core apps on your BlackBerry® smartphone (including BBM™, Email, Contacts, Calendar and Browser) in order to let you view the content on the larger tablet display. With BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, it’s easier and quicker than ever to take documents, web pages, emails and photos that appear on your BlackBerry smartphone and display them on your BlackBerry PlayBook for an optimized viewing and editing experience. The updated BlackBerry Bridge app also provides a new remote control feature that allows a BlackBerry smartphone to be used as a wireless keyboard and mouse for a BlackBerry PlayBook.
• Improved mobile productivity: Updated document editing functions, the new Print To Go app, and increased control and manageability of corporate data with BlackBerry® Balance ™ allow you to get more out of your BlackBerry PlayBook every day. Plus, an updated virtual keyboard with auto correction and predictive next word completion learns how you type to enable faster, more accurate typing.
• New apps and content: Thousands of new apps are being added to BlackBerry App World™ today (including a range of Android® apps that will run on the BlackBerry PlayBook). A new BlackBerry Video Store1 is launching today. Enhanced web browsing capabilities are also available with BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0.
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Available Today
Thousands of new apps are being added to BlackBerry App World™ today (including a range of Android® apps that will run on the BlackBerry PlayBook)
One of the major features of this update is a compatibility layer that allow some android apps to run on Blackberry Playbook.
Basically. Some apps would be able to run directly. Others would require some code change to get them to work on the Playbook.
The basic idea is that developers can easily port their Android apps to Playbook platform and launch them on the Blackberry App World.
One of the major features of this update is a compatibility layer that allow some android apps to run on Blackberry Playbook.
Basically. Some apps would be able to run directly. Others would require some code change to get them to work on the Playbook.
The basic idea is that developers can easily port their Android apps to Playbook platform and launch them on the Blackberry App World.
Yes & No ... There are lot of catches involvedThe App needs to be submitted into AppWorld by the actual Android app developer & approved. This needs to be done after testing etc. There might be a lot of issues which may need to be fixed. There is no seperate Android market.Also support is limited upto Gingerbread apps for now However,I am hearing though that you can go into developer mode & sideload some Android apps Also, it had been rooted & Android market also installedanother catch is that not all apps will work on the go - especially if done using non-regular means (sideload/root)
i am pretty sure that sideloading would be allowed. without it the whole concept of android compatibility does not mean much to the end user.
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CNet is not impressed!
Now, I've spent a bit of time with PlayBook 2.0, and the upgrades are neat. But the changes all represent minor improvements to a tablet that needed to take massive steps forward to compete with its ever-progressing competitors. The PlayBook launched nearly a year ago in April, and despite the new software, the hardware remains the same. Since its launch last year, we've seen the launch of lower priced--but still competitive--tablets such as the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet.
But the breadth of Android apps will be limited by number and platform capabilities. Those Android apps won't be the ones running on Ice Cream Sandwich, or even Honeycomb, and were really designed for smaller smartphones.
While RIM touts the ability to get email, it's actually using Exchange ActiveSync, and not the company's own secure BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Without RIM's secure network, the PlayBook's email access isn't any better than what can already be found on an iPad or Android tablet.
Consumers who want a bit more horsepower and access to the latest version of Android can wait a bit for a $250 tablet from Asus, which packs a Tegra 3 quad-core chip.
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CNet is not impressed!
Now, I've spent a bit of time with PlayBook 2.0, and the upgrades are neat. But the changes all represent minor improvements to a tablet that needed to take massive steps forward to compete with its ever-progressing competitors. The PlayBook launched nearly a year ago in April, and despite the new software, the hardware remains the same. Since its launch last year, we've seen the launch of lower priced--but still competitive--tablets such as the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet.
But the breadth of Android apps will be limited by number and platform capabilities. Those Android apps won't be the ones running on Ice Cream Sandwich, or even Honeycomb, and were really designed for smaller smartphones.
While RIM touts the ability to get email, it's actually using Exchange ActiveSync, and not the company's own secure BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Without RIM's secure network, the PlayBook's email access isn't any better than what can already be found on an iPad or Android tablet.
Consumers who want a bit more horsepower and access to the latest version of Android can wait a bit for a $250 tablet from Asus, which packs a Tegra 3 quad-core chip.
