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RIM delays Playbook software update to Feb

The tablet will ship without the Blackberry messenger (BBM)software, the company said in a blog post on its website.

FP Archives|Oct 26, 2011, 15:58:04 IST

Research in Motion said the software upgrade for its PlayBook tablet has been delayed to February next year.

The tablet will ship without the Blackberry messenger (BBM)software, the company said in a blog post on its website.

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The PlayBook has been criticised because it cannot handle email routed through its secure enterprise servers without being linked to a BlackBerry.

Earlier this month, RIM had said it plans to introduce the BBX operating software for the BlackBerry smartphone and PlayBook tablet, but did not say when the software would show up in a product.

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