RIM sets PlayBook OS 2.0 release date, won’t include BBM in the update

RIM has confirmed the release date of PlayBook’s much awaited OS 2.0. The update that will bring some goodies like Android apps support will be released sometime in February 2012. RIM failed to divulge the exact reason but claimed they’ll launch the OS after they’re “confident [to] have met expectations of developers, enterprise customers and end-users.”

If the four-month wait was not enough, RIM also confirmed to exclude BBM from the PlayBook 2.0 OS update. RIM’s reasoning to delay the inclusion is because they’re working on the seamless BBM solution but for now, BBM users will have use BlackBerry Bridge to use BBM on their tablet.

[Via BB Blog]

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