As we saw in our hands-on video with the BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 software, you can now create folders for your applications. This feature is long overdue and definitely a welcome addition to the PlayBook OS. This will work for the latest beta software on the BlackBerry PlayBook as well as all upcoming BBX devices, so you'll be able to keep all of your apps nice and tidy. To create application folders, just press and hold on an icon, then drag it on top of another app. You'll be prompted to name the folder and then you can drag other icons in as well or reorder within the folder -- that's all there is to it! Check out the video above for more.
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