Things you can do with a BlackBerry PlayBook, even if it doesn't have OS 2.0

By Adam Zeis on 27 Oct 2011 03:05 pm

[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ]

Bumming around a bit at the BlackBerry DevCon 2011 party, I took some time away to run off with Kevin's sweet "PlayBook on a chain" to do up a fun video. I ambushed pretty much anyone I could find and snagged them on video. I'll apologize off the bat to anyone who didn't notice what the PlayBook said and/or thought that the video would never see the light of day.

The app running on the PlayBook is Screamager by our own CrackBerry Fanboy Marco. Also note that the background track, Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People, is apparently Kevin's favorite song since he played it incessantly during our DevCon blogging sessions (and thus now I can't stand it). Enjoy!

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33 comments

UnknownError507 Oct 27, 2011 at 3:08 pm

ahaha Adam! U funny man ;), the app is awesome i just DL it and it works great !

marty_davidoff Oct 27, 2011 at 3:09 pm

cool!

advcomputer Oct 27, 2011 at 3:09 pm

Why is there such a big push for PB subjects this week?

UnknownError507 Oct 27, 2011 at 3:11 pm

Cause Is an AWESOME device :D

Adam Zeis Oct 27, 2011 at 3:13 pm

Because we love the PlayBook :)

Shao128 Oct 27, 2011 at 3:13 pm

I hate that song.

Kevin Michaluk Oct 27, 2011 at 3:14 pm

That song rules!

kevin.mcca Oct 27, 2011 at 4:20 pm

John.P Oct 27, 2011 at 3:37 pm

pittster Oct 27, 2011 at 3:13 pm

Can you tell us all the name of the song that's playing?

kevin.mcca Oct 27, 2011 at 4:21 pm

Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People

pittster Oct 27, 2011 at 3:15 pm

Got it. My bad... Duh!

jcarty Oct 27, 2011 at 3:18 pm

Haha... at least everyone was somewhat aware of what was going on...

Adam Zeis Oct 27, 2011 at 3:21 pm

Almost everyone :)

bounce007 Oct 27, 2011 at 3:22 pm

Did the larger gentleman try to hide a piece of cake at 0:35? HA! Hilarious!

Adam Zeis Oct 27, 2011 at 3:27 pm

That was Ryan .. and I'm sure he only hid it because he thought I was trying to steal it. Love me some cake.

Ryan Blundell Oct 27, 2011 at 4:14 pm

They had cake there?! At that point I think I had finished some sushi, before I had a crab cake slider.

Thanks for being nice though

Anoobis Oct 27, 2011 at 3:27 pm

I would've laughed at the video if I haven't actually paid almost $1000 bucks for this.

stubbornswiss Oct 27, 2011 at 3:36 pm

You trying to tell us there isn't much else you can do with a PlayBook without OS2.0??

supraking Oct 27, 2011 at 3:45 pm

Man, look at all those plaid shirts... haha, awesome!

adamnygaard1 Oct 27, 2011 at 3:53 pm

The link for mobile viewing says not available for mobile. Oh the irony.

Brianflys Oct 27, 2011 at 3:53 pm

Many things you can do with the PB, if you really do actual work. Well worth the price even as is.
Just used it for a meeting his week, presenting data, taking notes in Evernote, connected with BB thru Bridge (real workers do not need separate email or BBM with Bridge), and navigated to the city and meeting with the PB. For a $6 billion project. Real people doing real jobs with PB.

toloy2k Oct 27, 2011 at 5:49 pm

obviously not connecting to webex or your corporate network and recieving your works emails?

Brianflys Oct 28, 2011 at 1:29 am

BIS works fine for accessing work email. There are limitations but that applies to any device and I have a work flow that works for me. No pretending the PB replaces my computer. But the PB is darn easier to carry into meetings or a client's office and stay connected with email and PIM with Bridge.

mapsonburt Oct 28, 2011 at 2:31 am

Mine connects to one of the largest, global, corporate networks in the world and up until I went on sabbatical, connected to my work emails just fine through BES and my trusty Torch. I even stopped taking my ThinkPad to work most days because the PlayBook was much better in meetings. I loved that I didn't have to connect using a corporate dialer/VPN when at customer sites which is always tricky due to their firewall rules. Bridge meant I was always available and could run pretty much any application I wanted through VNC back to my ThinkPad at home. You obviously don't own one or just don't have a clue as you wouldn't state such garbage if you did.