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"According to this KB, its by design:
KB26606-Supported file types when using Bridge Files on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet
When a BlackBerry smartphone is connected to a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet using BlackBerry Bridge, Bridge Files allows access to the files located on the internal memory of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, or from the MicroSD card of the BlackBerry smartphone. The following file types are supported using Bridge Files:
Adobe� Reader� for opening PDF files
Documents to Go� for opening XLS, XLSX, DOC, DOCX or PPT files"05-26-11 10:11 AMLike 0 - I posted this in a separate thread the other day but you can read plain TXT files using the browser. If you have plain ascii text files they can be open and read in the Browser.
You have to navigate to the file using the:
file:\\\ entry in the address bar and then going down the subfolder structure till you can point at you xyz.txt file. I found it can also open jpg's that way but we have the photo app for that.ErnieH likes this.05-26-11 09:07 PMLike 1 - I bet you my PB would be able to skip at least ten times if thrown at the correct trajectory across a glassy smooth lake!05-30-11 07:12 PMLike 0
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- i know, try to swipe the top browser area downwards... hehehe
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com06-04-11 10:36 AMLike 0 - To use a streaming service in your browser and avoid having the 5 minute time out shut it down, open an app that supports turning off the auto time out and run it in the foreground while running the bowser with the streaming service running in the background. You'll need to set the playbook to showcase mode to keep the browser running while you open the app. I use Bed-Buzz which is an alarm clock app that can be set to prevent the auto time out from occuring. Can't fix the fact the browser doesn't allow multi tasking though so no browsing while you listen to streaming on another tab.06-06-11 01:13 AMLike 0
- I had a streaming video playing in a background tab just a little while ago. I got all excited that they fixed this issue, but then when I went to it and left it again, it froze like it should. It was just a glitch that made it work the way it should
I love good glitches!!06-07-11 09:36 PMLike 0 - To use a streaming service in your browser and avoid having the 5 minute time out shut it down, open an app that supports turning off the auto time out and run it in the foreground while running the bowser with the streaming service running in the background. You'll need to set the playbook to showcase mode to keep the browser running while you open the app. I use Bed-Buzz which is an alarm clock app that can be set to prevent the auto time out from occuring. Can't fix the fact the browser doesn't allow multi tasking though so no browsing while you listen to streaming on another tab.
The best way to get around this issue is to download the free Offline Browser App. I'm not sure what the limitations are of the free trial but it has served it's purpose allowing me to stream online radio whilst using the native browser at the same time. Another alternative now bridge is fixed is to stream the radio via the bridge browser not that it actually works. Of course ensure your phone is on WIFI to avoid a huge data bill.06-09-11 04:48 PMLike 0 - To be clear on that, with most sites the "www." is unnecessary, while with a few sites it's either necessary to include it, or it leads to a different site altogether. Probably 98% of the time it's fine to leave it off and no big deal if you find a rare case where that's not true...06-14-11 08:43 AMLike 0
- To be clear on that, with most sites the "www." is unnecessary, while with a few sites it's either necessary to include it, or it leads to a different site altogether. Probably 98% of the time it's fine to leave it off and no big deal if you find a rare case where that's not true...06-14-11 10:47 AMLike 0
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- This was doing my head in last week and although I searched everywhere I couldn't find an answer.
With the Weather App open slide your finger down from the top bezel and that will give you another menu with a few options. You can then add or remove locations to the Weather app.
Cheers
Elcuolomtnsrgr8 likes this.06-16-11 06:51 AMLike 1 - This was doing my head in last week and although I searched everywhere I couldn't find an answer.
With the Weather App open slide your finger down from the top bezel and that will give you another menu with a few options. You can then add or remove locations to the Weather app.
Cheers
Elcuolo06-16-11 11:36 AMLike 0 -
Thanks in advance!06-19-11 07:10 PMLike 0 - I'm not sure about "screenshooting" a video but to take a screenshot, press both the VolUp and Voldown buttons at the same time. So first pinch/zoom your photos and then shoot it.macandcoal likes this.06-19-11 09:46 PMLike 1
- Found that while using the browser, you can do a quick zoom in (and back out again) just by doing a quick double tap on the screen. No need to do the two finger spread unless you want to control just how much you zoom in.
...strangely enough, it doesn't seem to work on this forum page but on most sites I have visited, it works fine.Last edited by chicken29; 06-20-11 at 05:00 PM.
06-20-11 04:56 PMLike 0 - Found that while using the browser, you can do a quick zoom in (and back out again) just by doing a quick double tap on the screen. No need to do the two finger spread unless you want to control just how much you zoom in.
...strangely enough, it doesn't seem to work on this forum page but on most sites I have visited, it works fine.06-20-11 05:09 PMLike 0 - every time there is an update i was in an area where wifi was available, when the latest update rolled out i was asleep and when i logged on to CB for my daily dose of BB did i realise that there was an update but sadly i was not in a wifi area. i tried downloading the update by tethering my bb to pb and it worked. whats more cooler is that at times when my connection broke the download paused and when the connection came back in it resumed. Thought i lm share this with you guys.06-21-11 03:55 PMLike 0
- the double tap is contextual, if you double tap a table cell it makes that cell the width of the screen, so if the table is 50% width it effectively gives you 200% zoom and centres that cell on the screen. on the main site this "hides" the stuff on the right of the screen, but in the forum the text/cell is already set to near 100% width so it doesnt provide any zoom.
if you try it on the text input window on the forum you'll see it sets the width to the full screen size
hope that helps06-26-11 06:42 PMLike 0
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