Poynt is one of my favorite apps on my BlackBerry. It's always there when I need to check out local eateries or scope some movie times. I was excited to see it is available in App World for the PlayBook and quickly got it installed. The only downside for now is that GPS currently isn't working on the PlayBook - which poses a big problem for Poynt. Being that it works totally off the GPS to find your location, it really isn't useful at this point. I blame RIM for the issue but hopefully we'll see an update very soon that corrects this. Aside from the obvious, Poynt looks to be as good as its phone counterpart. You can check out local restaurants, movie times and find businesses. All in all a great free app to have installed that can really help out in the clutch. Check out the video for more and hit the link below to download.
More information/download of Poynt for the BlackBerry Playbook
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Poynt for the BlackBerry PlayBook
My favorite app on the playbook! Now what of google maps? It's a must have!
My favorite app on the playbook! Now what of google maps? It's a must have!
Thank God. I thought I was losing my mind when it would never save my location/locate me
On the Blackberry phone version of Poynt, you can input city, landmark, zip or address by pressing "Option Key" , then "New Search Location" . Can't you do the same thing on the playbook?
Hi @KennyBB9650,
Alex from RIM here. You’ll be happy to know that you have the same Poynt functionality on PlayBook as you do on your smartphone. Just tap the title bar of the Poynt for PlayBook app, and you’re good to go.
Be sure to keep an eye on our Inside BlackBerry Blog (http://bbry.lv/cWR2rg) for the latest BlackBerry PlayBook updates.
Cheers,
Alex, RIM Social Media Team
Poynt works for me. But bing maps doesn't. Hopefully they fix that soon.
What was that about GPS not working yet? Actually, i havent seen any post or reviews talking anything about GPS.... Kevin, can you confirm if Wifi PB does actually have GPS and works?
GPS wouldn't lock for either Bing Maps or Poynt on mine... Though I only gave it a minute or so...
guys, what are you using to get a location fix...relying on the wifi connection alone or a tethered or bridged blackberry or just going out in the open to have the gps working(data off) ?
do we have YM, Skype and MSN in appworld for Playbook? I need these apps and also I need adobe photoshop
Once again, Rimm pushes out a product that has numerous bugs. All I hear is hopefully, hopefully & hopefully they will be fixed on the next update. I think the Playbook will be just like their phones. Push the product and worry about it later. Problem is later never comes, with all the hype the Playbook should have been working correctly in all ares before releasing it. Sorry, I jumped ship a while back.
At Launch: No GPS, No BBM, no native e-mail, calendar or contacts. No offense, but it sounds pretty par for the course for a launch of a new line. (notice - not limited to RIM) Early adopters beware.
try line of sight gps + data(wifi or tethering)!
My pb seems to have a working gps - Compass displays coordinates etc.
Poynt works too. The BB as with any gps needs line of sight to sky, although it works in my bedroom near a window.
GPS doesnt work. it says that im in calgary wich I am not! quite far from it
Maybe I'm missing something, but the GPS in Poynt worked for me last night when I tried it from home - it locked onto my home address and displayed it at the top of the Poynt screen. I did not even select a city or anything - it did it on it's own.
I *might* have been using the Bridge at the time....could it have used the BB's GPS?
The GPS not working is the first I've read of this. I haven't followed a lot of reviews, but would have seen this before now I would have thought.
Stopped by my local Best Buy yesterday after work to get my hands on one... they didn't even have it on display. They said they thought it was located in the Mobile section, but nobody there knew where it was either. Wow... what a launch, I can't even see the product because the retail stores don't know where it's at, and if I did get my hands on one... well, it doesn't work yet either. Hmm...
I so want this to be good, really I do... but RIM isn't making it easy.
Poynt is on Point!