BlackBerry Bridge not available for PlayBook users on AT&T, unofficial workaround available

We’re not sure why this was never mentioned before the BlackBerry Playbook launch, but it looks like AT&T customers opting for RIM’s new tablet won’t be able to take advantage of one key feature, at least officially. For reasons yet unknown, AT&T is blocking folks from downloading BlackBerry Bridge to their BlackBerry smartphone, with the speculation being that it doesn’t like the free tethering the Playbook enables. As the folks at CrackBerry have discovered, however, AT&T is only blocking the Bridge app, not the actual Bridge process — which means you can still download the app though unofficial means and Bridge your AT&T BlackBerry to your Playbook. Here’s hoping AT&T figures out a workaround of its own sooner rather than later. BlackBerry Bridge not available for PlayBook users on AT&T, unofficial workaround available originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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