- BlackBerry® PlayBook™ OS 2.0
- BlackBerry® Bridge™ 2.0
With BlackBerry® PlayBook™ Tablet OS 1.0.7.2942 and BlackBerry® Bridge™ 1.0.5.6, the functionality of BlackBerry® Internet Browsing Service (BIBS) over BlackBerry Bridge was enabled. This functionality allows the BlackBerry PlayBook to leverage the BlackBerry smartphones connection to the internet while not connected to Wi-Fi®.
Current native PlayBook applications are supported with some limitations below:
|
Application |
Behavior |
|
App World |
Wi-Fi connection is required |
| Video Chat | Wi-Fi connection is required |
| Music Store | Able to browse catalog. Unable to download or play a sample song. |
| Kobo Books | Wi-Fi connection is required |
| NFB | Able to browse the catalog. Unable to play video. |
| Bing Maps | Unable to find location when indoors. |
| Camera | Unable to find location when indoors. |
| General Third Party Applications |
May vary depending if application is specifically requires Wi-Fi. |
| Native Email |
ActiveSync acounts are fully supported. IMAP/POP accounts requires Wi-Fi |
Some third party application may have limitations with leveraging this functionality. This is not an issue with the PlayBook OS or BlackBerry Bridge application. If an error occurs a reload of the software will not resolve the issue.
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