During our hands on demo with the BlackBerry PlayBook I had a chance to go through the different apps that are already functioning. I was impressed with the work they have done with Documents to Go to get a nice word processor along with slideshows, spreadsheets, and even a PDF viewer built in. While the current BlackBerry version of Documents to Go is pretty good for viewing documents it is really annoying to edit and create anything on such a small screen.
That is exactly where I think the PlayBook fits in. We also got a chance to try out a few other apps and even play one game on the device. The apps range from the impressive to the simplistic flash games you are used to playing online. I even took a video of me playing a side scrolling shooting game you can catch below. Even small games like the ninja tic tac toe were entertaining. Check out the walkthrough below:
A simple balloon shooting game:
Tic tac toe clone:
Spreadsheets to Go
Word to Go and Slideshow to Go
The Native YouTube App
Fantasy Football app
Native Picture Viewer
Let us know if there are any other apps you want to see!
Terrence T ( View Profile) - Posts: 1821
Posted: January 6, 2011 at 11:31 PM EST from my BlackBerry 9800 | OS 6.0.0.337
About a Berryreview app yea?
captainbdsc ( View Profile) - Posts: 177
Posted: January 7, 2011 at 1:20 AM EST
Were you able to edit a spreadsheet at all? I am curious to how easy/not easy it is. A lot of time I will setup a spreadsheet in Excel then use my BB to just add values… (check registry type things)
parked ( View Profile) - Posts: 229
Posted: January 7, 2011 at 8:14 PM EST from my BlackBerry 9650
1. Any navigation- or map-related app because the PlayBook is almost GPS size
2. Memory4Kidz (you knew this was coming)
barrist ( View Profile) - Posts: 1186
Posted: January 10, 2011 at 7:02 AM EST
Not bad, but even at 7″ doesn’t seem to be conducive to working on spreadsheets or word documents unless you’re really desperate to finish something.
barrist ( View Profile) - Posts: 1186
Posted: January 12, 2011 at 4:22 PM EST
Does it come bundled with the PDF reader, or is that premium only like the BBs?
Ronen Halevy ( View Profile) - Posts: 3290
Posted: January 12, 2011 at 6:04 PM EST
It comes with it from what the RIM rep that demoed it for me said. Should be a first for RIM