RIM Confirms Incoming PlayBook OS 2.1 Update
We have known for awhile now that an update to PlayBook OS 2.1 is coming very soon but now RIM has come out and confirmed it themselves. In their announcement for the updated BlackBerry Mobile Fusion Service Pack 1 they noted that “Updates for BlackBerry Device Service that involve functionality for managing BlackBerry PlayBook tablets…
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion SP1 Released With Improved PlayBook & iOS Support
RIM has also updated their BlackBerry Mobile Fusion solution to Service Pack 1 today. This new version improves its integration with the BlackBerry PlayBook along with making iOS management easier. iOS devices will see improved configuration of Wi-Fi, VPN and ActiveSync service across devices, and the ability to manage the distribution of apps. It also…
BBC Top Gear: Stunt School Game Comes to the PlayBook
The games keep coming to the PlayBook as the native SDK takes off with the latest being Top Gear: Stunt School. The game is for the popular BBC Top Gear TV show and lets you pimp out cars for ridiculous stunts. There are many different combinations for cars to get around the very very difficult…
Make the Weather Beautiful With Animated Weather HD (PlayBook)
My PlayBook could always use a better weather app and Andrei Avram’s take on the weather is just what the doctor ordered. Jason let us know about Animated Weather HD which is a beautiful weather app that came out awhile ago. As the name promises you get a stunning display for the weather for unlimited…
RIM Rumored To Be Showing BlackBerry 10 on The PlayBook & Motorola Xoom
When I first heard of this I was skeptical but another source has come up and corroborated parts of the story. BB_unleashed let us know in the forums that RIM is showing partners BlackBerry 10 demos running on the PlayBook for testing purposes. They were showing off multitasking along with a homescreen with six live…
Files & Folders for the PlayBook Adds SkyDrive, Office Web Apps and Office 365 Support
Files & Folders just doubled down on Microsoft with their latest update to v5.0. This update adds support for SkyDrive, Office Web Apps and Office 365. They also added better support for Google drive and other updates. They even updated the look and feel with new icons inspired by BlackBerry 10. New features include: NEW!…
Blaq Twitter Client for the PlayBook On Sale for Only $0.99
The popular Blaq Twitter client for the PlayBook is having a huge sale in App World. They appropriately announced the sale on Twitter and this is the lowest price we have seen to date. I am not sure if this is at all related to Twitter changing their API policies so hopefully they will be…
WordPress for the BlackBerry PlayBook Updated to v2.2.2
The Automattic team has been doing a wonderful job of keeping WordPress for the PlayBook up to date. It is an optimized port of their Android app and runs nicely on my PlayBook. This new version adds: Featured image support New stats view Performance and reliability improvements Added Korean language support Updated Swedish, Hungarian and…