Oh please, like employees know anything. I listened to his part of the presentation and didnt hear a date. If anyone can say what time in the presentation he said it I would appreciate it.

heelll no i was expecting it to be released tomorrow!!!

My fingers are going to be sore from hitting the "Check for Updates" button so much on Monday evening/Tuesday morning.... OS 2.0.. .HERE WE COME!!!!

ps. Does RIM generally have a time that the roll out updates (i.e. midnight)?

Woohooooo!!! Finally an Actual Date! Can't wait.

Holy cow! So I must endure the wait for what? Another week? Dang it..

LOL Nah, I'm fine.. At least they keep their promised on 'February' at least :)

I want it now! But I will happily wait knowing it is just the long weekend away. :) Shall we speculate the release time?!?

yaaaay sounds good

Hope it does not need that non-working Desktop Manager you wrote about a couple of days ago.

I'll believe it when I see it.

*tents fingers*
Excellent.

So we can expect a bridge update sometime this weekend then.

Excited? Hmmm. Let me think. I have been waiting since June last year to get these updates, so yeah I reckon I might be. Also getting ICS for my HTC Sensation XE next month, so it is a good time for updates. Got Angry Birds HD to play while I am waiting for my OS2.0. And of course Plants vs Zombies.

DAM ITS ABOUT TIME!

I had called the 21st before, since that was what I was told. However my source isn't able to confirm if it will be in the morning or in the evening. They believe the updates may start trickling down early Tuesday morning.

As long as I get it in Feb. I'll be happy.

I am out of my mind with anticipation!!! WHOOOOHOOO

5 more days... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Can't wait.

In time for my vacation in Jamaica!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday is a holiday in Canada WOOT Family Day

WOOOOHOOOOOO!!! Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am looking forward to the 21st. Oh, and, by the way, lighten up people. It IS coming. We have been waiting all this time; so, who cares if it's a few more days that predicted?

cant wait, honestly will help with my schooling for the new docs to go updates and being able to connect my PB to my TV and view lecture notes and slides on it will be great for studying while using my BB as a remote.

It is better than the DM v.7 fiasco.

I used to have playbook, sell it in 2011 summer..just bought another one yesterday for this freaking hyped 2.0 software hahaha..IT HAS TO BE GOOD, COMPLETE, REFINED OS NOW!!!!!
else I will be going away from you RIM!!

I didn't hear him mention a date, did I miss it?

Not sure why we are debating the date so much. It makes sense that BestBuy flyers printed this week says that it's coming so why would RIM release this week. Everyone will see it in the flyers this week and then RIM will release early next week.

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited.

A.) Why a video that is unrelated to the post? Yes, it is an overview of 2.0, but given the post says webcast it seemed odd.

B.) Why not post a poll that asks if we actually believe it to be release that day? This would be more interesting and probably get a better response.

C.) No, I am not excited because I have used the developer version and the update wont add functionality to my usage of it. I will continue to use my BlackBerry 7.1 phone for all messaging and the PlayBook was a $500 browser for me that I somewhat regret. The 2.0 does not fix much until the proof of useful applications is made (ie. productivity apps that are made by third parties, not messaging apps. I don't need to message any one more than I already do).

Go rim its ya birfday...we gonna party like its ya birfday. Go rim its ya birfday. We gonna party like its ya birfday.

Shoot! Like everone else I will have to wait. When the CEO said the end of February he meant the end of February.

What's up with the video here? This is not the webcast with the rim employee mentioning the 21St. ??? Confused.

I place my bet for the 23. Feb ...

February is already half over. Either way it should be within a couple weeks if it comes if Feb as promised.

YEAH, it's finally Summer of 2011 in Canada!!! Way to go RIM, right on track!

this will be the best birthday ever!

I must say that I've been pretty happy with my Playbook (which I purchased on day one for full price - and would do so again instantly) but the e-mail, messaging, and contact apps actually seem more powerful. That is pretty cool since BB has the best e-mail/messaging out there. So, I'm actually excited about this.

The BB movies should be pretty awesome as well.

2012 should be a good year for RIM. The new CEO is delivering his first major roll out on time. That is also nice. He is German after all.

Why don't we all just ask BGR when OS 2.0 comes out? They seem to have reliable and credible insider information on RIM don't they? Surprised nothing in BGR is being quoted about being delayed to Feb 21st...but it's still early yet. They have time....

Feb 20 is a holiday in Canada so that means it will be ready either today or tomorrow to be released on tuesday... if you figure that they wont work sat/sun and monday.

That was only Crackberry.com who posted it as confirmed earlier on for the 17th all other bB and PB sites said it was a rumour. Remember though, if you were not in the building of their site and disagree with them, You are a troll and wrong on everytthing that goes against what they say.By the way I have posted my last comment on this site that disrespectets it`s commenters and will be going where a 24 year computer user is respected on another Blackberry site. Troll no more. Bye Crackberry

I hope they hold it off until Monday as I have the day off! It's Presidents Day here in the US of A and I work at a credit union.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/16/rim-to-release-blackberry-playbook-os...

Rim now says the 21st is not the release date....just February!

Feb 21st was my guess....don't most vendors release upgrades on Tuesdays? I'm happy tho'...my wife and I will be taking our Playbooks on vacation at the end of that week, and it will be fun exploring the new software at leisure on the beach...

Awesome. I will go into hibernation until then.

What about the Andriod App player? Will that still be included in the upgrade? He didn't mention a thing about skype. smh

love my playbook and if i can get netflix (which i doubt) i will be happy

Whats with the Engadget's update?

"Update: Looks like the reports were too good to be true. A rep from RIM has clarified that while no specific date has yet been announced, the 2.0 update is still on track for a February release."

??

I think we will see it start to roll out over the weekend with Rim showing that they have finally learned their lesson when it comes to dates and the 21st that has leaked was simply their worst case scenario for a launch window.

From what the video shows,... ya I can't wait! The tabbed emails is impressive as i do that all the time on a pc. As for the Feb. 17th release date, was that not speculation to begin with? We've waited this long, what's a few days right? I'm hoping i love it,.. I bet we all are. Impress me RIM.
Cheers

February 21 is MY BIRTHDAY!!!!! I should get a free playbook.... just sayin..

I hope their servers can handle the traffic and don't shutdown on us. It will be crazy if the server crash due to overload traffic as the download is around 200 mb

OH YEAH!!!

Decisions, Decisions...

To take Tuesday as an official holiday... to call in sick... to work in home office... while repeatedly clicking the check for software update button....

Or to go to bed before the sun sets the evening before and set the alarm for 12:01 AM on the 21st.....

Got to figure this out.....

Decisions, Decisions...

To take Tuesday as an official holiday... to call in sick... to work in home office... while repeatedly clicking the check for software update button....

Or to go to bed before the sun sets the evening before and set the alarm for 12:01 AM on the 21st.....

Got to figure this out.....

A great alternative to running skype native is IMO.com i have been using it through the browser for the two weeks I've had my playbook

Excited? RIM has disapointed too many times. I switched to an Android 4G phone in September after the relase of the new BB phones. I can't give away my Playbook that I spent $700 on including accessories.

I will try the new OS. If it doesn't shine; I'm getting an Android tablet also.

Too late RIM.

We are supposed to get OS 2.0 on Feb 21st. I do not believe it! The promise of OS 2.0 being released has been going on since Last June. If you make a post on Face Book "I love my Playbook" asking about the release date or comment about the release date, you get a wise ass reply from a couple of guys who probably work for RIM. In any case, I hope OS 2.0 is all it has been made out to be and it is released soon. Otherwise, I can see getting rid of all my Blackberry devices and moving on to something else.

7.0 has been smooth as butter for me and I get a Playbook on the 2.0 I mean, the 20th, then the next day I get the update, woo!

The new native apps look nice. Its about time!

Unfortunately I've already moved on to the iPad. I will give this a try though.

Its too bad RIM is.... RIM. Time to change gears and start delivering. And stop being so secretive about it all. Lets finally get things back on track. Its not too late.

I read somewhere else that the update was going to be available starting at 4:01 AM