BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Download and New Features
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 update has been released and it is now available for free download. In this article, you will learn the new features and how to download and update to BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0.
How to download and update to BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0
If it is new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, you’ll automatically get updated to BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 during the initial setup process.
If you already own a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, you will receive a Software Update notification that appears on the status bar. Simply tap “Update” to start downloading the Software Update. You’ll need to restart the tablet when the download is completed.
New BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 features
- Integrated email client with unified Inbox: With BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 you have the option to use a unified Inbox that consolidates all messages in one place, including messages from Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, as well as personal and work email accounts.
- Social Integration with Calendar and Contacts apps: The build-in calendar pull information from social networks and make it available when you need it. Contact cards are also dynamically populated with dated information from Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
- Updated BlackBerry Bridge app: BlackBerry Bridge is an app to allows you to view your BlackBerry smartphone’s content on BlackBerry PlayBook via a Bluetooth connection. The updated app allows you to use BlackBerry as a wireless keyboard and mouse for BlackBerry PlayBook.
- Improved mobile productivity: Updated document editing functions, new Print To Go app, and increased control and manageability of corporate data with BlackBerry Balance. Virtual keyboard has been updated with auto correction and predictive next word completion.
- New apps and content: BlackBerry App World added some Android apps that will run on the BlackBerry Playbook. BlackBerry Video Store (U.S only) also launched to enable on demand rent or buy movies and TV shows.
[Source: Press Release]