Blackberry Pearl 9100 and Playbook?

[almal81]

Hi there, just want to see if anyone knows if the playbook is seemlessly compatible with the blackberry playbook or if anyone has done this. Cheers Al

[Pmungus]

Mine has always done so and worked great - up until when my pearl stopped working...
Guess I'll just have to get myself a 9900...

[almal81]

Thanks Pmungus.

I haven't purchased a playbook yet but was wondering how you connected & synchronised the devices.

Is this done via wifi (I don't believe the Pearl 9100 has wifi hotspot ability), tethering or another means?

Thanks again


Alan

[k-fos]

alma - it's done with bluetooth. i've got a pearl 3g and 32GB playbook and they're bridged all day. Works great. BBM, email, calendars, contacts and browsing on the PB through the phone. It's a great combo. browsing is pretty fast. with the latest playbook update, the bridge runs the internet connection for all the apps as well - (facebook, etc.)

[eltiburon7]

Quick ? can you have your pb bridge but use the wifi internet instad of your bb data

[Pmungus]

It's always bee pretty quick for me, but I guess it would ultimately depend on your service provider and the signal strength in your area. As for browsing with wifi whilst you're bridged, I haven't actually tried it, but would think it would be as simple as changing from the bridge tab to the regular web browser (and back again when you're done). Everything you're not currently using would just run quietly in the background.

[almal81]

Thanks for your help everyone.

Just wondering if internet browsing via the playbook browser is included under "blackberry browsing data" or if it would be separate data download.

My plan is unlimited blackberry browsing data + 500MB data download and just want to make sure it doesn't create any unwanted billing surprises before going ahead with buying a playbook.

[k-fos]

that's a tough one.. i look at my phone bill and have no idea why some data is bb and some is not. i wouldn't want to assume... i'd call your carrier.

[felixmiguel]

Originally Posted by k-fos

alma - it's done with bluetooth. i've got a pearl 3g and 32GB playbook and they're bridged all day. Works great. BBM, email, calendars, contacts and browsing on the PB through the phone. It's a great combo. browsing is pretty fast. with the latest playbook update, the bridge runs the internet connection for all the apps as well - (facebook, etc.)

Can you tell me plz which
OS version do u use on your pearl 3g? And playbook OS?

[TequilaAddict]

I'm using OS 5 with my Pearl and PlayBook. So far, I mainly use WiFi at home.

[pgerhard]

OS 6 (changed keyboard from 9105>9100) and OS2 beta

issues:
Pearl on OS6 is nice but seem a bit short on memory
Playbook on OS2 is amazing, except BBM is not functionning for me (but can opened it using the browser link to bridge apps)

[bjw408h]

OS 6.0 bundle 1966, and 32GB Playbook. Bridge regularly when no wi-fi available. Works well 90% of the time, but have very high hopes for Playbook OS 2.

Memory is very tight on 9100 with OS 6, but browser and UI improvements over OS 5.x are worth it.

[Bobcat665]

Downloaded OS 2 on my PB and Bridge 2.0 on my Pear 9100 with OS 6 a while ago... It all works really, really good.

[pixieloulou]

Has anyone been able to get phone remote working on the PlayBook with a Pearl 3G? I can move the mouse, click and type but can't work out how to scroll on webpage?

[Bobcat665]

Originally Posted by pixieloulou

Has anyone been able to get phone remote working on the PlayBook with a Pearl 3G? I can move the mouse, click and type but can't work out how to scroll on webpage?

To scroll is quite easy. You keep the mouse pointer somewhere in the middle of the page and then you hold down the "alt" key while stroking up and down on the trackpad. Easy!