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RIM says BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 coming February 2012
BlackBerry PlayBook users have been waiting for a native email, contacts and calendar app to officially become available ever since the tablet was released in April. Originally it was supposed to arrive to the masses in the Summer, then delayed until October. Now RIM has posted a very lengthy note on their company blog that basically says the upcoming PlayBook OS 2.0 (which looks impressive), along with “email integration capabilities” will be delayed until February 2012. In addition, RIM said they’ve “decided to defer the inclusion of the BBM” in the PlayBook OS release until a later date – no reason was given but the rumours are that RIM is searching for a way to combine a single BBID on multiple devices. David J. Smith, SVP, BlackBerry PlayBook says they are “still working on it”. Here’s part of the message from RIM:
“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. In the meantime, BlackBerry smartphone users will be able to continue to use BlackBerry Bridge™ to securely access BlackBerry® Messenger™ on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet’s high resolution display…
So when could an end user get the new update? We expect to deliver the new BlackBerry PlayBook OS to customers in February 2012 and we’ll continue to keep you updated as we progress to the launch.”
Source: BlackBerry
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With all the criticism around this tablet they need to get it out sooner rather then later
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“we’re still working on it” = we don’t have s**t.
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Is RIM going to offer free $100 Apps again to make up for this mess? Can’t wait for Bubble Fart 2!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEBph1F91b4
Blatant lies by RIM, BLATANT!
Liars! When asked, “oh Summer!!! Its coming real soon!” LIARS
They should be sued.
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WHen the rush it out the door, you complain they should have waited longer and ironed out the bugs and added native Mail.
WHen they tell you they are gonna hold back on the release you complain you want it now.
IMO they are making the right choice, I doubt they would be able to handle another media frenzy about whats wrong with it.
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You have GOT to be F-ING KIDDING ME. By that time it would have almost been a year since the PlayBook was launched and they STILL can’t get BBM on it? Not to mention that RIM PROMISED to have the OS 2 update available by “End of summer”… RIM and their lies… Whats the point? Just come clean and tell us you dont have your s**t together and for us to use different platforms until you can develop something competitive. Ohwell.. iPad 3 here I come…
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My PlayBook works pretty good as is. OS 2.0 will be nice, but I’m not going to die if I don’t get it before Feb.
I have a BlackBerry phone to bridge with, so native email means little to me.
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I sincerely don’t think many people have a playbook without a BB phone… so no email is not that big of a deal…
in fact the bridge for email fonction makes a lot of sense!
as soon as you un-bridge your phone anyone can use the tablet without being able to go through your emails
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If Apple targeted only those with an iPhone or a Mac for their iPad it would have been a failure too.
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To Kad: you are right: sending an email with a playbook it’s simple; all you need is a charged playbook, an active BB, and the RIM services working; its 2011 so this is the best you can do and the ONLY option there for secure mail right??
Or you could be one of those “fools” that require any other device and wifi connection!
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No but you could die of age, by the time they release the native APP!
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there goes my week….tell RIM that Captain Buzz Kill called….he wants his cape back.
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Yap, that means 8 month delay for a feature that should have been built in from the beginning. Is it so hard to build in native email?
Yet again, with the mismanagement going on in the company, not one senior executive will be fired for this mess.
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Seriously this is ridiculous. I put mine up for sale with OS 2 beta on it. I hope to not lose too much. I feel cheated by RIM by their failure to yet again deliver on their promise. Yes it’s a good tablet but terribly incomplete without native email functions. I wish I could get my money back. Never again am I trusting RIM; way too many chances I have given them!
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LOL – doesn’t the current playbook have quote-unquote “email integration capabilities”
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Made me rub my eyes in disbelief
February, really?
..And then still no BBM?
SELL YOUR BLACKBERRY SHARES AFSAP!
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it’s s**t like this rim.
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Are you serious. F u rim.
Sent from my 9860
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With ICS and iPad 3, who’s even going to bother with this junk in March?
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I didn’t think that RIM could disappoint me again, but its happened. I’d sell my PlayBook, but I’d feel bad about burdening someone else with this disappointment.
By the time RIM comes out with all these promised OS fixes, the hardware is going to be out of date.
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F*ck u RIM, f*ck u!!! And this is coming from a long time BB Fan. Way to drag your f*ckin feet and screw yourself and your customers over. I’ll be surprised if this thing sells over 500,000 by then >:(!!!
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F*ck u RIM, f*ck u!!! And this is coming from a long time BB Fan and an owner of a Playbook. Way to drag your f*ckin feet and screw yourself and your customers over. I’ll be surprised if this thing sells over 500,000 by then >:(!!!
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Well, I guess it better late than never. Hey RIM, how about giving us playbook users some free apps, while we wait for OS2.
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Those Android tablets are looking good right about now
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No native email, no calendar, no BBM, no contacts, no task list, no android apps.
First it was “within 60 days”, then “end of summer”, then “October”, now its “Feb 2012″ LOL.
What happens in Feb when its still not ready? Bankruptcy?
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I am building a time machine that has never been seen before, and it runs off a single A battery..its coming end of summer…err, Oct…err..Feb 2012….
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Too little, too late.
I really wish it did have those things from the start, with it, the playbook would be very good.
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RIM, fool me once, shame on me.
Fool me twice, won’t fool me again.
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UGH, so much for the so called promised “late October” date, RIM needs to frigging stop making promises if they keep delaying like this.
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The complaints came when people cared, now we don’t! Sears has the Playbook for $250, and there are plenty in stock. Wait for holidays, January and End of February (if they tell the truth, for the first time in the year) and see the price of the device.
They are too proud to reduce the Playbook right now to $199 “AS IS” cut the loses, get rid of the stock and Leave the “Playbook 1″ in 2011; then release the “playbook 2″ with some hardware differences and pray for people to forget. In reality the market is a new one with top of the line Android tablets at $500 and playbooks, as they are now in the $200 range. In Dubai they give you a BB Curve when you buy a Playbook (because you need it to sen a !@# email form your playbook) If you ask me, at the rate they are going they are going to give you a playbook if you buy a ” double double” The Playbook is the perfect platform to hold two or more coffees on top of its hardware!
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Announced for February 2012 and delivered September 2012 in USA but available in Canada February 2013.
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Unfuckingbeliviable people. Im reading all these negetive comments. If u dont like the current situation then get the fuk out n go to another platform. Rim has n always will b first n formost about security. Rim’s DNA is all about security, for itself n its users. Everything else is secondary. Just look @ the state of the web right now, you spolied brats n trollers.
These Rim actions, though annoying and extremely aggravating @ times will b resolved in due time n process. Screw all of you, I think this is the perfect combo between tablet n cell to date, even if they arrived @ it ( quite possibly by accident ) due to issues with qnx. If u complainers can figure out how to solve the security issues while satifying millions of users @ the same time, get the hell off this platflorm n go built your own.
If the #1 tech company in the world can’t solve this problem who the hell are u to say anything. JUST GET THE FUK OUT N GO TO ANOTHER PLATFORM. I, for one, do not want to secrifice the security of my devices for the sake of half billion apps and convinence Rim’s actions will weed out the millions of bandwagon of users to those who fully understand the philosphy of security, which is Rim.
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And if Rim ends up becoming a niche platform who only caters to true industrial users then so be it. Rim understands that it does not owe anyone anything. Rim needs to protect its infastructure, for itself and its users. I have been a berry user for a long time but i understand the growth pains it must undergo in order for platform ungrade. QNX is a powerful proven industrial grade software with years of field usage and positive track record. So yes, i am more then willing to wait out the rollout of os2, no matter how long it takes for Rim to work out th bugs with qnx. And before u all think it, i Do NoT work for Rim, only a user who understands.
Peace
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When a company product release is fast tracked everyone destroys the company and product because it’s not finished. When a company wants to get it right due to the mass critisism they get destroyed because it’s taking too long.
Relax. Breathe. Take the time to enjoy life.
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Very good advice; thank you for that. So much negitivity I cannot understand why. It seems the unsatiable consumer desire for the latest and greatest will never be satificed. And when a perfectly suitable device comes along its potentials will never be truly realized by the masses, which to some degree hinders its progress somewhat. And i hope im wrong esp with the playbook and berry. Anyways, just venting and defending a company that tries to progress with its principles.
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