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Posted by bbkrazy Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

I LOVED this... got home from work and didnt even notice for like 20 mins.. lol

 
 
Posted by BigPlayChad8 Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

I noticed this as well. Just one more small thing I am impressed with in this device. I got home and connected to my security-enabled network automatically... was like magic!

I love mine so far. The reviews didn't do it justice.

I am able to log in to my gradebook (am a teacher) to input grades and attendance.

I can go on to lynda.com and stream my videos.

I was able to go onto my facebook and play zynga poker.

Countless small things just add up to a great, great device... and they are still improving on it!

Edit: ... to include that I can go onto my textbook website and stream instructional videos via HDMI to my projector for my class.

ALSO, if you double-tap on a flash item(games/videos/apps) it will full screen that item...and a swipe down to exit.

 
 
Posted by Stompy Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

Oh THAT is awesome.

 
 
Posted by mahen915 Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

I noticed this today and I was pleasantly surprised. Did not expect it to do that.

 
 
Posted by BBPhantom Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

That was a great feature to see yesterday as I went through my day. The one drawback is that it doesn't work in the reverse. I used WPS to connect my Playbook to a friends router last night and that router info did not transfer from the Playbook back to my Bold's Saved Wi-Fi Networks. It would be a nice little convenience and hopefully something that they consider adding to the next update of the Bridge software.

 
 
Posted by The Consigliere Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

This is great to know as I've got a few different networks saved in my Berry now but I've got to wait a little while longer to pick up my Playbook (new house & new baby coming soon have taken priority) so when I FINALLY get mine it'll be one less hassel connecting to my different networks.

 
 
Posted by teamfoster03 Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

I spent 2hrs last night trying to figure out how the playbook was able to get on my wifi network at home with no passwords. I thought it was my router that lost its mind. Never thought the playbook was this smart. Totally awesome, a nice little easter egg that wasnt talked about.
Rims marketing needs to wake up they are missing the boat on all the cool stuff this thing does.
I wasnt going to buy one but after playing with it in BB I was hooked and had to have it.
Bye bye galaxy tab.(not a bad device just not a bb)

 
 
Posted by HotJava Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

When I got home, I immediately when to the wifi control and attempted to add my home network but kept getting an error telling me SIDs needed to be unique and I got pissed thinking yet another setup issue. Then I noticed that my home network was already added :)

Nice job RIM. Playbook forever!! Hope you're working on a 10" but I want that too.

 
 
Posted by SharpieFiend Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

LOL - I wondered why I couldn't configure the wireless when I got into work this morning, just to discover it worked. It would have been nice if I didn't have to discover this on my own, but it is a nice feature.

 
 
Posted by RideRed250 Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

Had the same issue...SID must be unique...then I looked and I was already connected to the very wifi network I was trying to configure!

This device is superb!

 
 
Posted by webchetan Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

I am a loyal BlackBerry fan and I still use a BlackBerry. I got a hold of Playbook yesterday and got it home. But sorry to say though it looks sleek and nice, it doesn't have many apps as compared to what iPad 2 has.

I am sticking to my iPad 2 and its really great. Till the time Playbook gets all the different zillion types of Apps like iPad 2 does, Playbook is way behind the lead. I had to return my Playbook, sorry to say. I agree it has a good camera and Bridge works good too, but still it needs a lot of apps which I believe will take time to come.

Sorry RIM, we need more apps or else the Playbook is just another tablet!

Note: I used my BlackBerry as my only phone device and I love it, but I use iPad 2 for my tablet

 
 
Posted by hazenjonas Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

Yup I noticed this only a few minutes before reading this article. I love this thing!

 
 
Posted by 123berryaddicted Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

Yet another nice little feature. Being an experienced BlackBerry user, its one of the things I love, the hundreds of little things BlackBerry does and can do for you that the competing devices do not. BlackBerry has MANY of these types of features that we simply take for granted. I've come to this conclusion though - RIM has awesome, innovative ideas, however they have a hard time bringing them to life sometimes, and ESPECIALLY on the software side of things.

 
 
Posted by 07thking Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

I noticed that when I got home yesterday. Just another reason why the playbook is the best.

 
 
Posted by QuIcKsIlV3r Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

I noticed it as well when I got home and as I took my PB out of my bag, i turned on the screen to turn off my music and I noticed I was connected to my wifi already lol. pretty slick

 
 
Posted by san4berry Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

haha, I was actually worried when i got home and my tablet was already on my network!

 
 
Posted by rjkolo Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

Wish I would have known this yesterday before I typed in all my keys last night...oh well..now I know! Great feature!

 
 
Posted by Maiev Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

Yea, I realized that, which was quite amazing!

I also realize the PB's Wifi is not just a/b/g/n, but also connects to 5GHz Wifi's :O! so its nice to be streaming stuff away from the congested 2.4GHz frequency

 
 
Posted by jcastilloalonso Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

You did know that 802.11a is just 5GHz right? That's how I usually read it... b/g/n is 2.4GHz only.... a/b/g/n is both 2.4GHz and 5GHz... a/n would be 5GHz only but I've never seen one.

 
 
Posted by Gamesdmc3 Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

nice,will save me some time when i get my playbook

 
 
Posted by sf49ers Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

was suprised when it got my work and home wifi settings automatically, awesome feature

 
 
Posted by MattyG27 Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

Word of advice cause this happened to me. On my Fios WiFi, I had to delete the saved network that came over from my phone and start over or else it wouldn't connect my Playbook.

 
 
Posted by baltee Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

Nice article. I was just chatting with a good friend about this yesterday.

 
 
Posted by juwaack68 Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

I noticed that as well when I got home and assumed it was because of the Bridge. Just in time for a 'Easter Egg' ;)

 
 
Posted by ces2011 Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

hello,

anyone know the range of the blackberry bridge bluetooth connection. what if i left my phone in the basement and have my playbook with me in my bed on the 3rd floor.

thanks

 
 
Posted by thpsrulr Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 398 days ago

Yup, love this!

 
 
Posted by veldacy1 Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 390 days ago

Ouch!!! When I got my pb, I tested out the (att) bridge from my 9700 on the floor model @ bb to be sure it worked before i bought it, see how email/calander/bridge browser worked etc..

I guess THAT PB now has the key to my home and office computers! What a disappointment. No pop ups or anything!

My guess was not to worry because "nothing from your phone is stored on the playbook after you are done bridging".

Not happy about this.

 
 
Posted by nafar Sunday, Oct 23, 2011 212 days ago

This is awesome!! BUT it only saved some WiFi profiles not all of them,as it did not sync the one for my school!! Did anybody face the same problem?

The problem is that my school's WiFi has LEAP encryption which cannot be setup using the PB!!