RIM demos native email, calendar and contacts app on the BlackBerry Playbook

Now, this is more like it.

Perhaps in response to heavy criticism for not having a native email, calendar and contacts application built right into the BlackBerry Playbook, RIM has just demonstrated at BlackBerry World 2011 that native email and PIM applications for the device is actually on its way as an OS update.

PlayBook users can expect to see Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, MemoPad and Email all run natively on the device without the need to setup a BlackBerry Bridge connection. BBM however will still require you to tether your BlackBerry phone to the PlayBook.

RIM says you can expect the update to roll out to BlackBerry PlayBook users sometime in June. Also PlayBook users can expect regular updates with new features being introduced to the PlayBook more frequently than competing tablet devices.

It looks like by the time the PlayBook actually arrives in Malaysia we’ll be getting all the missing features built right into the device. For PlayBook hopefuls this is a good development.

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