Videos To Blackberry Playbook App
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We all know things aren't exactly looking bright over at RIM's Waterloo HQ, but, thankfully, that's not keeping the company from taking care of its current and very valuable customer base. How so Well, earlier today the BlackBerry maker announced its official Video Store application is now live in Canada's App World, giving the PlayBook crowd a hub to buy / rent \"thousands\" of movies and TV shows. Obviously -- similar to iTunes and Google Play on their respective slates -- folks will also be able to preview content before taking the plunge, and as a Berry rep told us, there should be no problem with streaming videos to a high-def television via the tablet's HDMI output. Video Store Canada, as it's known by its formal name, is up for download now at the source link below.
Picking the PlayBook up, it has a dense feeling. It's definitely heavier than it looks, though weighing in at less than a pound I wouldn't call it heavy. If anything, this slightly high weight to size ratio gives off a feeling of both quality and durability, and I do think the PlayBook will be able to stand up to some abuse. I accidentally dropped the PlayBook while setting up to film one of my videos for this review (sadly I wasn't recording when I dropped it!) and it hit the ground with a loud thud but emerged unscathed.
At 1024 x 600 pixel resolution on a 7\" display, the PlayBook is packing a pixel density of 170 pixels per inch (compare to 132ppi on iPad) through which it delivers a crystal clear and bright picture. Photos and HD videos look amazing on the PlayBook.
As for RAM, the PlayBook has 1GB of it, and after a few days of use I'm starting to think the PlayBook would benefit from a second gigabyte. On a few occasions now while running multiple apps I have received the notification that the \"System is running low on memory - please close some applications.\" On these occasions I've only had maybe five or six apps running (mainly media apps and the web browser) so I was almost surprised to see this message pop up. We've seen so many PlayBook demos over the past six months when multiple apps are running at one time that I was sort of under the impression the PlayBook could never run out of RAM (it should be noted that I did have background apps set to Pause when not active - so it wasn't like the demos where there's videos and youtube movies all playing at once). The silver lining here is that despite getting the notification for low memory, the device never actually slowed down. If available memory does get to low, it looks like the BlackBerry Tablet OS just closes one of the inactive but open apps at random (I'm guessing this might change in the future - doesn't seem totally user friendly).
Unlike Apple on the iPad 2, RIM didn't cheap out on the cameras on the BlackBerry PlayBook. With a 3 megapixel forward facing camera and 5 megapixel camera on the back, both capable of recording up to 1080p resolution, the PlayBook takes some solid photos and videos. There's no flash, but the photos and recording are pretty decent even in low-ish light. A benefit of the PlayBook's smaller size is that I don't feel like a tool using it for snapping photos or taking videos (its footprint isn't all that different than my SLR). On a device like the iPad 2 you can't help but feel a little dumb holding it at arm's length and snapping a photo. The PlayBook is small enough that if you bust it out in public to grab a photo or video you won't get that many onlookers staring at you like you're crazy.
Long story short, it's good, but it would definitely be better if you had a 10\" PlayBook rather than a 7\" one. The Tablet OS' browser is similar to the BlackBerry 6 web browser, but the Torch mobile team has pushed it much further to take advantage of the PlayBook's hardware capabilities. Unlike Apple's Safari mobile browser, the PlayBook supports Adobe Flash, and when you visit websites you typically get served up the full website and not a mobile version. Anybody who owns an iPad and has tried to watch a video from within Facebook knows it won't play - on the PlayBook you can watch them straight in the stream. And on sites like CrackBerry, where we embed a lot of youtube videos directly into blog posts, they load and play smoothly, and scale up easily to full screen viewing (tip: swipe down to return to web page view). I haven't tested out every site on the web just yet, but most seem to work quite well on PlayBook's browser, including Amazon's Cloud Player (so if you have more music than you can fit on the PlayBook you can still access it).
I've played with the PlayBook's web browser every chance I've had since first going hands-on with it in January, and it's continually improved. That said, I think it'll just keep getting better. Right now I've noticed it seems to be a fairly slow app to load when first launched off the homescreen. I also managed to crash it a couple times (running multiple tabs, watching videos on each tab, attempting to Facebook chat in another, etc). Well, technically I don't think I crashed it, but rather that the PlayBook's web browser eats up the available device memory and when the PlayBook begins to run out of memory it begins closing apps at random (and if the browser is the only one open it'll close the one you're in). I've received the low memory alert quite a few times on the PlayBook now, and it definitely seems to occur more readily when the browser is one of my open apps and I have a couple of tabs open. I'm not sure if the browser has a memory leak or it's just a hog on memory, but hopefully RIM can clean it up a bit still. At least when it does crash there's no need for a battery pull. Props to the QNX-based OS for maintaining its stability.
In addition to all of the above, the PlayBook also comes pre-loaded with a basic YouTube app for browsing and watch videos, and Slacker Radio which allows for free music streaming. Unfortunately the YouTube app currently lacks an uploader, so at the time of this review I couldn't figure out a way to directly upload videos I recorded on the PlayBook to youtube.
In addition to capturing your own pictures and videos, or buying music on the device, you can sync the PlayBook to iTunes via Desktop Manager as you would with a phone to move content over. You can also connect your PlayBook to the computer via USB to transfer media over. Note, the PlayBook doesn't act as a USB mass storage device, but actually installs a driver onto the computer that sets it up as a network drive, which you can then connect to without a cable via WiFi (pretty cool, though also sort of annoying to not just be able to use it as a usb storage device - there may be situations where you do not want to install drivers onto a computer).
Presenter Mode is an awesome feature on the PlayBook which allows you to deliver presentations from your BlackBerry via the HDMI output. Rather than the external display just mirroring what's on the tablet, you can actually put your PowerPoint presentation or videos onto the external display and then continue to use the tablet. You can even jump seamlessly between video and PowerPoint. Check out the video below to see it in action!
The BlackBerry PlayBook is beautiful, sleek, and feels as light as an iPhone 4. It has a bright 7-inch display is surrounded by an interactive black bezel. HD videos and Facebook photos look amazing on the PlayBook. The very edges of the display are home to two recessed speakers that sound clear and vibrant when playing music. In the top center of the display is a 3MP 1080p HD forward-facing camera for video chats.
Videos, like photos, must be stored a specific directory (/media/videos) for the Videos app to find them. The PlayBook supports .avi, .mp4 and .m4v file extensions, unfortunately there's no support for .mkv containers. The lack of .mkv support is particularly disappointing on the PlayBook because TI's OMAP 4 is actually capable of playing High Profile 1080p content in addition to videos encoded to base and main profiles.
DropBox is a cloud storage service provided by DropBox Inc. Dropbox offers 2GB of free storage space to backup photos, videos and documents. Dropbox Inc. was founded in 2007. Those who need a larger storage space can upgrade to various available paid plans. Dropbox offers 100GB space for $99/year, 200GB space for $199/year & 500GB space for $499/year.If you are looking for a step by step process to download videos from Dropbox to Blackberry Playbook, read on.Here are the steps to download videos from Dropbox to Blackberry Playbook:1. Go to & sign in to your account. If you don't have an account, then create one.2. Download \"Dropbox Blackberry app\" on your Blackberry Playbook from the App store & launch it.3. Go to \"Dropbox app\" on your Blackberry Playbook.4. Tap \"Camera Uploads\" button.5. You will see all your photos & videos.6. Tap the videos which you want to download.7. Tap \"Export\" button.8. You will see the list of applications, select \"Save to SD card\" option.9. All your videos will now be downloaded to Blackberry Playbook.You can install PicBackMan's Dropbox uploader for Mac from the website and start backing up photos and videos.
For videos, the PlayBook has a lot of options. In addition to being able to capture 1080p video with its rear camera, the PlayBook can output 1080p video to a TV or monitor via the mini HDMI port. Video playback on the PlayBook is one of its best qualities given the vibrant, high-quality screen, support for 1080p, and speedy processor. It supports MPEG4, H.264, and WMV formats.
Other video options include a built-in YouTube app, support for Adobe Flash, and there's a National Film Board of Canada app that gives the PlayBook access to 1,500 films from the NFB library for free. Hulu doesn't work, however (it worked fine the first few days before they found out about it). There isn't an app for purchasing videos on the PlayBook yet, but one is sure to be made available soon, and hopefully a NetFlix app too. 59ce067264