Review: Blackberry Playbook part 2

Finally it's here. OS 2.0. The new update all playbook users has been waiting for so long. Here are my thoughts:

Part 1 of this review can be found here >> Review: Blackberry Playbook part 1

The Good

Native mail, contacts and calender app. At last we can now enjoy these powerful apps. You can easily sync them with your google account and more.

MKV support. Very nice indeed. However, it will only work with mp3 and AAC as audio source. Not AC3

Android apps support. There are not lot of them yet. But we have now the ability to use some ported Android apps. More will certainly be added in the future.

The web browser. Works faster. Maybe the fastest web browser out there among tablets.

Create directories. You can now create directories and gather your apps.

Favorite apps. You can now also choose your favourite apps in the home dock so you easily can access them.

Updated App world. The interface looks much better now. Easier to find what you're looking for.

Notifications and alerts. The Blackberry Playbook will now alert you if you have an incoming mail or a reminder. The Playbook will play a sound and the LED light will blink.

The Keyboard. Predictive text has now been implanted.



The Bad

Still no big apps. No Netflix. No Spotify. No Kindle. One would've expected that at least one major app would've been released.

Flac.Still no support for flac.

Conclusion


OS 2.0 certainly made the Blackberry Playbook slightly better. But in my opinion I would've wished for more. I'm still waiting for those apps you use everyday like Spotify and Netflix to come. Just imagine if Blackberry had a equally large app store as the Android marketplace or the Apples Appstore they would have ruled the tablet world. I still love my Playbook, despite the lack of apps and it gets the score:

9 out of 10