Ronen mentioned last week about Pulsecode working on opening up the PlayBook Bridge via desktop. Well today, the day has come Desktop Bridge is available for purchase in App World. Desktop Bridge allows you to open your browser and access all of your bridge info from your PlayBook. Now keep in mind you need to have your BlackBerry smartphone bridged to your PlayBook for this to work. Grab your copy in App World for $4.99. Let us know what you think down in the comments. Catch a video of it in the works after the break!
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kingbernie06511 Not Registered
Posted: May 29, 2012 at 11:15 AM EST
its sad that BBM has lost traction in NA, and that Bridge does not connect your BBM-SMS contact conversations. Otherwise this would have been amazing….anwering all your txt and BBM through your computer.
kingbernie06511 Not Registered
Posted: May 29, 2012 at 11:17 AM EST
Rim should purchase this app, embed/integrate it, and market the heck out of it as a cool BB feature.
It should be compatible with BB10 directly. BB10 phone directly to your desktop browser.
JohnnyB ( View Profile) - Posts: 173
Posted: May 29, 2012 at 11:57 AM EST from my BlackBerry PlayBook | OS 2.0.1
Totally Agree! I proably have at least a dozen or more customers i can sell this concept to as a feature to re-vitalize BlackBerry as a name and solution.
DanielH ( View Profile) - Posts: 577
Posted: May 30, 2012 at 12:00 PM EST
Definitely agreed.
Heavens ( View Profile) - Posts: 267
Posted: May 29, 2012 at 7:52 PM EST
You know something – I’m going to state the obvious:
Why on earth didn’t RIM create this some time ago ….
Nope – sorry – I won’t be buying a non RIM app that does this …. but what an obvious extension to desktop manager.
JohnnyB ( View Profile) - Posts: 173
Posted: May 30, 2012 at 2:43 AM EST
Agree further, If RIM does not release it as their own, I am not inclined to purchase, simply in this case, RIM can do this themselves quite easily. However big Kudos to the dev for venturing into this. I am confident that it will be successful though for them.
kingbernie06511 Not Registered
Posted: May 29, 2012 at 8:00 PM EST
oh for sure, for about a year ive been saying that DM should be a direct gateway to your BB through RIM’s servers.
-see your phone’s screen on DM
-drag and drop of files and folders on DM for sync when your phone is on wifi.
-cloud and contact/agenda sync: computer to DM to RIM’s server to your phone through BBM or PIN.
Since the Original Bold 9000, innovation has drastically slowed down.
Dapper Not Registered
Posted: May 29, 2012 at 9:20 PM EST
RIM can implement somthing like this very easy. They would be using their own pattents, why buy this little app when the real deal is on its way in BB10
Cobus Not Registered
Posted: May 30, 2012 at 1:47 AM EST
Link doesn’t work for me, tells me the requested item is not available?
JohnnyB ( View Profile) - Posts: 173
Posted: May 30, 2012 at 2:40 AM EST
Search direct from AppWorld. Playbooks / AppWorld issue when clicking from the Playbook. It does not know what to do with the trailing /?lang=en otherwise try this: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/112890/
Felix Not Registered
Posted: May 30, 2012 at 7:27 AM EST
The app has been pulled by RIM…
cobus ( View Profile) - Posts: 6
Posted: May 30, 2012 at 7:32 AM EST
Not surprised! Was dying to get my hands on it. I BBM a lot during the day, and I will look so much more productive if I don’t keep on picking up my phone! hehe
Heavens ( View Profile) - Posts: 267
Posted: May 30, 2012 at 8:42 AM EST from my BlackBerry PlayBook | OS 2.0.1
If this app has been pulled by BB then you’d have to wonder why when they’d already approved it for App World..
I think the developer was on to a good product that would have been generally well accepted.
Good on the developer for their efforts because even if BB ends up releasing their own version – it shouldn’t be a problem to have a choice.
DanielH ( View Profile) - Posts: 577
Posted: May 30, 2012 at 12:02 PM EST
Definitely looks impressive and a great feature to have available.
PC Not Registered
Posted: May 31, 2012 at 7:04 AM EST
Yep..it’s not in the app world this a.m. Link still a dead end. Bummer. Was looking forward in trying.
Guy Taylor Not Registered
Posted: June 13, 2012 at 11:00 AM EST
Well, I’m sorry but if RIM cannot be bothered to release this as their own product and expand/improve on it I aint gona be purchasing it. Simple as ABC!