- Hi i don't know if anyone has brought this up, but what about using your PB to answer calls. Right now we can only use it to silence calls and see who is calling which is okay, but being able to answer calls and using PB as a speaker Bluetooth would be amazing. I can see people ditching their current phones and getting BB combos (BB&PB) just to have the ability to answer calls on their couch while playing cut rope and not running around looking for their left their phone. Everyone loves PB speakers, they are hands down the best on any tablet on the market, so why not give them more to do. I really hope RIM has plans to do this in the near future and by near i mean April it would be a great way to celebrate PB Bday .01-20-12 10:51 AMLike 3
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In order for you to SEE the call coming in the PB must be bridged to a BB phone which is close-by. So, answer the phone.
Regarding the comment about a network PB, even if a network-PB is available:
(1) you already likely have an existing PB and will not get another solely for purposes of network.
(2) your BB's data plan is all you need to get internet, email and phone access and not have to pay for another plan too.Last edited by mandony; 01-20-12 at 01:58 PM.
01-20-12 01:55 PMLike 3 - Why it matters is because i like the playbook and i want it to be successful and to do that it should do something that others dont, and people want. it seems like an easy feature to create since we have bridge. Also my bridge works in 30 feet radius so i often have my phone on the second floor while i m on the firstblack hole and bmw328i like this.01-20-12 11:59 PMLike 2
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In order for you to SEE the call coming in the PB must be bridged to a BB phone which is close-by. So, answer the phone.
Regarding the comment about a network PB, even if a network-PB is available:
(1) you already likely have an existing PB and will not get another solely for purposes of network.
(2) your BB's data plan is all you need to get internet, email and phone access and not have to pay for another plan too.01-21-12 12:19 AMLike 2 -
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I'd be more than happy to have the ability to answer the call on my PlayBook which is, of course, sitting down here right next to me.anon(4018671) likes this.01-21-12 02:13 PMLike 1 -
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- That would be sweet to be able to answer a phone call on my PB.
I am not a tech guy but since the playbook already has bluetooth and speakers would making this happen really be that difficult for RIM or maybe a dev could make an app for it.
We already have apps like Comwave ephone to make phone calls from the PB over wifi so I am sure it is possible.
Yes my BB is already close by but if I had the choice to answer a phone call on the PB I would prefer it. If this was done I would definitely get a car mount for the PB and use it as my bluetooth handsfree.
I know this has been discussed on the forums before but is the gps is on the PB good enough to use i the car? If it was then that feature plus being able to answer phone calls on the PB would be awesome and actually open up a whole new market for potential tablets buyers. Why buy a independent gps or separate blue tooth device to answer phone calls hands free when you can do it all on the tablet.01-22-12 10:32 AMLike 0 - I know this has been discussed on the forums before but is the gps is on the PB good enough to use i the car? If it was then that feature plus being able to answer phone calls on the PB would be awesome and actually open up a whole new market for potential tablets buyers. Why buy a independent gps or separate blue tooth device to answer phone calls hands free when you can do it all on the tablet.
Devs couldn't yet make any app to do the phone call thing though... that has to come from RIM, either built-in or with new features to let devs do it.craigs likes this.01-22-12 10:40 AMLike 1 - Seems clear to me RIM is moving in this direction, why else would they even have that pop up? Is A2DP needed for that and at last devcon the QNX Car exhibiter said the same audio ability was going to be part of OS 2.0 and they did have a call being routed through a PlayBook and into the car audio system. Man this update could be killer.02-05-12 12:13 PMLike 0
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