Early reviews of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet are trickling in, with a generally positive reception of the hardware and dings against the lack of not only commonly built-in apps—there’s no native ...

This just keeps getting better. Research in Motion caught a fair amount of flack for launching a tablet which doesn’t include native email, calendar, or contact apps. But the company said all you need ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion on Tuesday gave its PlayBook tablet computer the ability to handle email as easily as a BlackBerry does, with new software that eliminates a shortcoming that has ...

Any device running on BlackBerry’s software after Jan. 4 will “no longer reliably function,” according to the company. “As another milestone in the BlackBerry journey, we will be taking steps to ...

It's not called the BlackPad (as the rumor mill has affectionately called it for the past few months), but BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has indeed unveiled a new tablet, called PlayBook. During ...

When the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet reviews started making the rounds earlier this week, there were two common refrains. First, the hardware is pretty good, but there’s not much good third party ...

BOSTON — With dozens of new tablets hitting the market in 2011 , Research in Motion (RIM) faces an uphill climb with its upcoming 7-in. PlayBook tablet, which will run its BlackBerry Tablet OS. RIM ...

As predicted, RIM’s attempt to salvage the PlayBook—an updated operating system—is available today. Now, basic tablet functionality can be had by PlayBook users: e-mail, calendar and contacts programs ...

One of the biggest shortcoming with the just launched Blackberry PlayBook is its lack of native support for something as essential and basic as email, calendar, or contact apps. BlackBerry did address ...