Simple little shortcuts such such as double tapping space to add a fullstop and space have also been added. Once you open then minimise an app, the app windows are now larger and have proper icons in the bottom left corner, making it easier to tell which is which.Īnother core change is to the keyboard which now has word correction and next word prediction, making for much quicker touchscreen typing. Yes, it’s a blatant copy but it does work well. Also, the app launcher that runs along the bottom (or that with a swipe fills the whole screen) has now lost its All, Favourites, Media and Games folders, with you instead able to define your own folders by simply grabbing apps and dropping them on top of each other, just like on the iPad. The red swirly default background of old has been replaced by a green and blue one, giving the device an immediately different look.
With the simple over-the-air update applied, the first changes you’ll notice to PlayBook 2.0 are simply some visual tweaks. So, if you want the full low down on the PlayBook’s hardware and core software features, check out our original review. Another reason is that it’s useful to keep reviews as reference points for how that product stacked up against the competition around at the time – useful for buying second hand. There are exceptions, like when a price falls suddenly soon after launch, but generally we don’t. Its general policy that we don’t update old reviews as it’s simply not practical to do so for the volume of products we review. So, we slapped the update on our review sample and took it for another spin to see if the PlayBook at its new £169 price suddenly makes for a genuine tablet rival.īefore we kick off, it’s worth clarifying why we haven’t simply updated our original PlayBook review. The recent BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 update brings with it a host of significant upgrades, that finely give RIM’s little 7in tablet some key features it should’ve had from the start.