BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 just released

I think everyone's waiting for BB10 and won't be satisfied until they get it. It's not bad, I guess the biggest improvement, for me any way, is being able to send texts from the PlayBook bringing it into line, finally, with BBM.

All in all the PlayBook has matured into a superior business tool with functions the competition can only dream of. If what devs are saying in various forums is true then BB10 will at least make it a cutting edge leasure tablet too.

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I got the upgrade today and everything was working great and I noticed that a few things were better after the upgrade.
I had always had problems with my email. It would constantly disconnect and I also had that problem with the Facebook app always disconnecting. After the upgrade. I did not have that problem anymore.

But now I have these vertical greyish steaks on my screen after I recharged it.
I have shut it down a few times and rebooted it and the streaks are still there.

Does anyone know if the streaks will be there constantly now.
Very disappointing since my PlayBook always had such a beautiful screen up until this evening.

My Playbook looks fine after the upgrade. No streaks

Thanks for your input, hopefully this will resolve itself soon.
Love my PlayBook a lot.

Originally Posted by howard

My Playbook looks fine after the upgrade. No streaks

The streaks are gone now.
Hopefully they will not be a problem again.
I do love my PlayBook.

Just noticed the boot up time is signifacantly quicker. Before it took an average 2:40-2:50 to boot up from off. That time has been reduced to 2:00 flat.

I concur, definitely faster boot up time.

Another thing, I heard you can use bb bridge over wifi now if both devices are connected to the same access point, but never actually got to try it out yet. anyone heard or had the chance to try bb bridge over wifi?

I like it, improves usability a lot. qPDF is way better than Adobe Reader, but it's a pain to use when it runs in the 2.0 app player, with 2.1 you can't tell it's actually an Android App.

Still some bugs in how it's handled, but it's definitely a worthy point upgrade.

Apparently the upgrade is just for the regular WiFi playbook, there is no 2.1 For LTE Playbook.

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For my Playbook, the latest 2.1 version 100-and-something is worse than the previous beta 800-and-something.

I find that now there are videos I can't play any more because the media type is reported as unsupported. And the Flash player seems worse, with Youtube videos sometimes refusing to enter fullscreen. It also feels like something is making certain touches less responsive. For example, sometimes I have to touch the orientation icon or the power icon a few times to make them activate.

Originally Posted by quickbrownfox

For my Playbook, the latest 2.1 version 100-and-something is worse than the previous beta 800-and-something.

I find that now there are videos I can't play any more because the media type is reported as unsupported. And the Flash player seems worse, with Youtube videos sometimes refusing to enter fullscreen. It also feels like something is making certain touches less responsive. For example, sometimes I have to touch the orientation icon or the power icon a few times to make them activate.

Works great for me. I did a clean install since I was still rooted. The SMS Bridge is a welcome addition.

Hmm... Maybe I'll do a factory reset and try again. Then maybe the clock app will start working for me too! I find I get more and longer checkerboarding in the web browser too. Really wonder what's going on.

WOW! That browser's fast!