BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 finally brings native email to RIM’s tablet

By on Feb 21, 2012 at 7:30 AM
Software February 21, 2012

Right on schedule — sort of — Research In Motion announced on Tuesday that the first major update for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is now available for download. The highly anticipated update brings a number of much needed functionality to the PlayBook, but the most notable additions are certainly the arrival of native email, contacts and calendar functionality. BlackBerry Messenger support is still absent from the PlayBook as RIM said it would be, but BlackBerry Bridge has been updated, plenty of new social functionality has been added, RIM’s Android app player is finally on board and video chat has been enhanced as well. We took a hands on look at PlayBook OS 2.0 during the Consumer Electronics Show this past January and we can confidently say that if you own a PlayBook, you should download the new update, which will be delivered over the air, as soon as possible.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=25503944 Billy Mutter

    I”m still completely blown away that it took this long for RIM’s tablet to include email and basic PIM functionality. They need to spend more time making their products both innovative and functional and less time rehashing the curve every six months. I wonder if RIM has heard of Palm, they might be able to offer a little bit of advice on what happens when you fail to bring an awesome product to market in a timely manner. By the time we see Blackberry 10, no one will care at all.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=532830127 Nicholas Belcourt

    ive been wanting to buy a playbook for months now and I think this just sold me on a nice 16 gb playbook :) and once ive jailbroken the thing I will probs buy a 500gb hard drive for it. oh yeah where are all the trolls at these days? I love to come on bgr and piss off all the apple kids but they seem to have all dissipated…i wonder why?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=27617690 Robert M Pimpsner

    Tyler Williamsen I must say you have not really used the tablet and cared to dismiss it early. Now I have been using the native android email, calendar and contacts client since the Beta of OS2.0 came out and I can say without a shadow of a doubt the new native OS2.0 email, calendar and contacts apps put everything to shame. Yes I have used the iPhone and iPad and this is far ahead of anything Android and iOS has as far as communication, organization and integration.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=27617690 Robert M Pimpsner

    Tyler Williamsen I must say you have not really used the tablet and cared to dismiss it early. Now I have been using the native android email, calendar and contacts client since the Beta of OS2.0 came out and I can say without a shadow of a doubt the new native OS2.0 email, calendar and contacts apps put everything to shame. Yes I have used the iPhone and iPad and this is far ahead of anything Android and iOS has as far as communication, organization and integration.

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