All PlayBook owners can rejoice today as BlackBerry Bridge has been updated to version 3.2.0.8 - bringing full support to BlackBerry 10 devices. Although long overdue, those of us that are still rocking our PlayBooks can now at least get the full features we were used to having on legacy devices.
These features include the use of BBM on the PlayBook (the perfect weekend for it) as well as using our BlackBerry 10 handset as a remote control - great for when the PlayBook is connected to the TV via HDMI. Being able to use the BlackBerry 10 devices cellular connection will be the most used feature - bringing the PlayBook back to life for many folk.
The update is rolling out as we speak so if you can't see the new version just yet give it a bit of time and try again.
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