[wafguy]

Looks like we'll see a complete 2.1 beta before Friday....

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9:51 PM - 28 May 12 via Blaq for PlayBook™ · Details
17h David Saab™ David Saab™ ‏@itsDsaab
@MichaelClewley is the Dev Beta 2.1 going to work in similar fashion as the Dev Beta 2.0?

11h Michael Clewley ‏@MichaelClewley
@itsDsaab yup only we aren't removing apps

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11h David Saab™ @itsDsaab
@MichaelClewley is there a time frame for the release?

11h Michael Clewley Michael Clewley ‏@MichaelClewley
@itsDsaab yes . I've said end of may.

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[Shao128]

Great news! Looking forward to seeing what's new.

[juice1179]

Not removing app? So it will be fully functional? So non devs could also give it a try, that's great!

[BB_Bmore]

https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/...et20/register/Maybe today he's been saying end of may for a month and people keep asking him anyway lol poor guy.

I'll keep my eye on this page.

[AVPTI]

Thanks for using my tweets!

[BB_Bmore]

Could have just used this thread too lol [Rumor] Tablet OS 2.1 dev beta coming soon.

[Sith_Apprentice]

https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/...et20/register/Maybe today he's been saying end of may for a month and people keep asking him anyway lol poor guy.

I'll keep my eye on this page.

Unlikely to be that page. That says bbtablet20 in the url lol. if anything it would be 21

[polytope]

I have been hearing end of May since BB 10 Jam. So it's going to be 23:59 PDT on May 31?

[BB_Bmore]

That's the same page they used for the 2.0 beta, ill still keep an eye on it despite what the url says.

[anthonybaker]

whoa! exciting. hope it brings true-multitasking to the android player. AND maybe its time we give the android verison of NETFLIX another shot lol i hope there is a lot of little extra's thrown into this update. (cascade browser anyone) Everytime we get an update i feel like a kid on an easter egg hunt lol

[SlcCorrado]

https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/...et20/register/Maybe today he's been saying end of may for a month and people keep asking him anyway lol poor guy.

I'll keep my eye on this page.

Right? It's kinda funny because we sometimes forget that this is this guys day-to-day job haha. Everyone's just anxious

[BB_Bmore]

Yea should be lots of goodies. I'm most excited for the android camera api's. Instagram skype etc will be worthy of another conversion attempt.

[SlcCorrado]

Definitely exciting to get multitasking and some new APIs

[BB_Bmore]

Clewley just said "good things come to those who wait"

Lol he's killing me here haha.

[SlcCorrado]

Well... We've all been waitin' so good things are a-comin'

[mcmolineux]

Yea should be lots of goodies. I'm most excited for the android camera api's. Instagram skype etc will be worthy of another conversion attempt.

+1. That's the exciting part of this update.

[russnash]

https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/...et20/register/Maybe today he's been saying end of may for a month and people keep asking him anyway lol poor guy.

I'll keep my eye on this page.

I hope the fact that the link now returns a 404 isn't a bad sign!

[bluetroll]

if all the apps are included in this beta, then i will probably give it a try....

thanks for the update.

[SlcCorrado]

+1. That's the exciting part of this update.

Curious how multitasking will work given the current memory issues that the android player has

[SifJar]

Yea should be lots of goodies. I'm most excited for the android camera api's. Instagram skype etc will be worthy of another conversion attempt.

Instagram at least contains native code, which doesn't work with the Android Runtime on PB. Unless RIM have added some sort of dynamic recompiler to recompile native code to work on QNX, it still won't work sadly. Not sure if this is the case with Skype or not, lets hope not.

[SlcCorrado]

I hope the fact that the link now returns a 404 isn't a bad sign!

Hopefully. That, or everyone is tardy to the party

[SlcCorrado]

Instagram at least contains native code, which doesn't work with the Android Runtime on PB. Unless RIM have added some sort of dynamic recompiler to recompile native code to work on QNX, it still won't work sadly. Not sure if this is the case with Skype or not, lets hope not.

If skype was going to work, don't you think we would have heard it by now?? Maybe it'll just be a nice surprise

[diegonei]

Tweak the URLs and you get the same results. I don't thing any of these will work.

https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/...et21/register/
https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/...et21/register/

[AVPTI]

I can imagine Clewley reading these threads and just laughing maniacally as his fingers hover over the "PlayBook Dev 2.1 Update" button

[SifJar]

If skype was going to work, don't you think we would have heard it by now?? Maybe it'll just be a nice surprise

It won't officially "work", it might just now work unofficially as a converted and sideloaded app, thanks to new camera APIs.

Anyway, I'm sure when it becomes available, RIM will send an email to all registered devs, and when they do, one of said individuals will post the link very shortly afterwards. Guessing the address will not be necessary.