RIM has officially released OS 2.1 beta for the Blackberry PlayBook. With the official release, the changes that the new PlayBook has in store for us have been unveiled. Here is a list where we mention the few listed by RIM:
- Each Android app will now run in its own window. This greatly improves the user experience and consistency among the other application runtimes.
- Access to the Camera hardware is now supported for Android apps, allowing many more application types to work on the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet.
- In-App Payment is now supported through the BlackBerry Payment SDK, so Android applications can include virtual items for sale in their applications
- Portrait support for Email, Calendar and Contacts
- Improved folder support including IMAP folder support
- Improved HTML5 support, currently places PlayBook OS 2.1 in 1st place
This has raised further excitement in the masses to the rest of the OS 2.1 features. We will have to wait until it come full steam with the new OS released commercially!!
The 2.1 Android SDK will be released in beta coinciding with the OS release, and the 2.1 Native SDK will be posted next week, with an update to the Adobe® AIR® SDK to come shortly after. The OS 2.1 beta can be downloaded from various sites. The only necessary condition being: “to whitelist your Playbook’s PIN”, just like PlayBook OS 2.0 beta.
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