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Just one more thing! Please confirm your subscription to Verge Deals via the verification email we just sent you. Email required. The update also adds the Print To Go app capability across Wi-Fi networks, which means a user can deliver documents from a desktop computer to a PlayBook tablet on a different network.

Text messaging is now supported as a BlackBerry Bridge application, which requires using a connection through a BlackBerry smartphone. RIM also fixed the PlayBook's requirement to use messages, contacts and calendar in landscape mode by adding portrait mode. The expanded landscape mode also remains. PlayBook features a runtime Android OS, and the update adds support for the high definition cameras and the ability to make in-app payments. Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld.

PlayBook OS 2. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. BlackBerry PlayBook 2. So the news of a software update comes in as a welcome change.

Akai launches Android-based Smart Box for Rs. Best Deals of the Day ». A PlayBook 2. Habitual messagers can now start SMS text messages directly from the tablet when tethered through BlackBerry Bridge ; they also get overdue support for a portrait view in email, calendars and contacts. If communication isn't the cornerstone of your life, you'll still find a few niceties such as Android App Player support for the camera and in-app purchases, device encryption that extends to personal data and wireless printing beyond the local network.