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- Wireless streaming?
Support for external storage??
No video store in Canada???
What the heck?
I do hope that this is not the exhaustive list of changes and that more stuff will be included, now and in the future. Also, no video store in Canada? Why???Last edited by dejanh; 01-09-12 at 02:14 PM.
01-09-12 02:11 PMLike 0 - Tre LawrenceBetween RealitiesIs that official? I mean, those are not small changes. No video store in Canada would definitely be a bummer.01-09-12 02:18 PMLike 0
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Got it from ShopBlackberry.01-09-12 02:40 PMLike 0 - ThunderbuckRetired Moderator
Dozens of third-party APKs have been converted to BARs by our own user community with no re-coding required. The IMDB app, for instance, works seamlessly, even though IMDB didn't authorize the conversion.
However, I agree with everything you said before. On the consumer level, RIM's intention is to make it as seamless as possible. You download an android app, just like any other app in App World. You launch it just like any other app on your Playbook. I would like to see the final Android Player in action. If they could get the UI inside the android player to match the PB's native UI, the consumer will never be able to tell the difference.DeeLishusOne likes this.01-09-12 02:44 PMLike 1 - ThunderbuckRetired Moderator
As for the video store, that goes back to the fact that distribution deals for films differ by country. Whoever is providing the movies needs to secure rights in each country, and that can take time.01-09-12 02:47 PMLike 0 - I'm 99.9999999999999% sure they just omitted it from the press release because it's boring/standard with other tablets and they don't wanna look behind the times. That's probably why they didn't mention A2DP as well. Even though A2DP is already present in the current build of the 2.0 beta.
I'm not trying to be critical, but this makes sense from a business perspective. Either way the features look awesome and I can't wait!01-09-12 03:07 PMLike 0 -
- haha... good point. I'm guessing its a 'rights' issue. Probably have to work out the programing rights for each individual country.01-09-12 04:01 PMLike 0
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Why do I get the feeling that if it had everything and came out yesterday, you'd still find some faults?01-09-12 04:09 PMLike 6 - 01-09-12 04:37 PMLike 3
- Which would have delayed its rollout even further, inevitably resulting in a level of ******** thelikes of which would be unheard of even here at CrackBerry. As you noted, market share is eroding fastest in NA; it only makes sense to roll it out here first if it can't go out everywhere right away.keith1000 likes this.01-09-12 04:38 PMLike 1
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Oct 25, 2011
An Update on BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0
"As much as we�d love to have it in your hands today, we�ve made the difficult decision to wait to launch BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 until we are confident we have fully met the expectations of our developers, enterprise customers and end-users. And here�s what we�re doing to accomplish that.
*******First off, we have decided to defer the inclusion of the BBM� application to a subsequent BlackBerry PlayBook OS release.********
We are committed to developing a seamless BBM solution that fully delivers on the powerful, push based messaging capabilities recognized today by BlackBerry� users around the world and we�re still working on it."
An Update on BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 �Inside BlackBerry - The Official BlackBerry Blog
Still working on it...01-09-12 04:56 PMLike 0 - Yes but probably not in the sense we might wish it to be used - it has a chip capable of transmission/reception over the FM band - packaged with GPS, wifi, bluetooth, which is why the chip was selected - its small and has a lot of stuff -
The FM transceiver I don't believe contains a tuner/demodulator required for audio from an FM (radio) source - the tx/rx is intended for data transmission over the FM band I believe - just because it is there does not indicate that it is utilized.
I could be corrected but that is my understanding.
Related stuff:
http://sinfulandroid.com/application...-android-5562/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=13385163
TI makes single chip with Bluetooth, FM, GPS and Wi-Fi | ElectronistaLast edited by blackjack93117; 01-09-12 at 05:30 PM.
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Too many security concerns for RIM to break it's neck supporting it on other platforms.BB.Forever likes this.01-09-12 05:32 PMLike 1 - Wow! In the Feb OS2 release, its going to feel like I got a brand new PB tablet and need to check out all the new features, short cuts and options. An upgrade of this magnitude is probably rare in the tech world for a nearly year-old tablet and will boost interest in BB phones and tablets for 2012 and on. The beta testers will finally be rewarded.01-09-12 05:42 PMLike 2
- Android app support will never be mentioned in material for the consumer. It would cause to much confusion and raise to many questions (most people would think they would have access to all android apps and the android market). You will only ever see the word "Android" at developer conferences, and in other developer material.
After all, once it's converted and running on the PlayBook, it's no longer an Android app.
We'll probably see a healthy increase of apps, but we have to keep the expectations reasonable!01-09-12 05:53 PMLike 0 - This is definitely the case, anyone in Canada who had netflix when it came out can attest to this. The catalogue was terrible and still no where as good as the US. Content providers are a lot more careful too, netflix early days of cheap content deals are over. It take time and money to get it done now.01-09-12 06:09 PMLike 0
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