Blackberry Announces Facebook Application For Playbook

RIM has recently announced the facebook application for its Playbook tablet that was launched sometime back. RIM disappointed its customers during the launch of its blackberry Playbook which lacked applications such as mail, calender, video chat, etc. But it is trying to balance that disappointment with their effort to bring in Facebook application and hopefully more in due course.

The new Facebook app designed by RIM for its tablet will be fine-tuned for the tablet's 7-inch display and HDMI output. Almost all major attractions of Facebook will be featured in this new application. This application will allow user to vew/add a friend, view profiles, visit walls, post comments, tag picutres with freinds. The most captivating aspect, it seems will be its capability to view video in full HD on a connected HDTV. This application will also support multitasking like chatting with friends while browsing profiles, viewing picutres and/or interacting with news feed.

The plan by Blackberry is to introduce this application to world this week at Blackberry Application world, and might be available for download on Balckberry Application world later this month.

Blackberry Playbook To Have Video Chat App Soon

RIM announced that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is likely to have the Video Chat app by next month.

 

The front 5MP camera would be utilized once the PlayBook Video Chat app is available. Tom Goguen, Research In Motion (RIM) Collaboration and Social Networking’s VP said, "With the BlackBerry PlayBook Video Chat application we are excited to be enabling our customers to share important moments and events with family and friends via video calls. With the BlackBerry PlayBook's high-resolution video cameras and stunning display, a Video Chat call is the next best thing to being there."

 

Another exciting feature to be included is the picture-in-picture view which will enable a user to see what the other person is seeing. This app will function through Wi-Fi connection.

 

The only possible negative aspect about it is that this app can be used only with another PlayBook tablet. However, it might prove useful for the organizations which require co-workers to communicate with each other via Video Chat facility.