Blackberry PlayBook OS 2.0 Is Available Now

RIM today announced the launch of its BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0. The new operating system includes many of the features that users were hoping to find in the 1.0 version, including a native e-mail client with a unified inbox, and built-in calendar and contacts applications, although still no BlackBerry Messenger application. 

PlayBook users will now have of what features they were hoping for in the first version through recently released Playbook OS 2.0. Research In Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook OS 1.0 was criticized for a general lack of built-in features like Blackberry Mesenger. With this new software update, the BlackBerry engineer is trying to complete that lack.

RIM made the odd decision in the PlayBook OS 1.0 software to not include native e-mail, calendar, or contacts applications. So in case users want to access to them, they would need to have a BlackBerry smartphone and connect that device to their Playbook tablet.

Although PlayBook owners will now have much of what they were hoping for in the first version, they're not getting everything. BlackBerry Messenger, which allows users to instant-message each other from one BlackBerry device to another, is still absent from the software.

In the platform's calendar and contacts apps, RIM has added social integration, courtesy of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The software's updated BlackBerry Bridge application, which lets a BlackBerry smartphone and the PlayBook communicate over Bluetooth, now includes a remote control feature, allowing owners to use their handsets as a wireless keyboard and mouse.

There is one major improvement of this BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 software includes support for certain Android applications. Well at least user has the option to update to BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 now as a free download after waiting for so long.