Downloading various media to the PlayBook

Hi guys. I'm just new to the PlayBook and already think it's great. Though I would like to know how to download media like albums and movies and save it to the PlayBook. Hope someone can help Lewis Robertson

Here are the supported media types:
http://docs.blackberry.com/en/smartphone_users/deliverables/27267/Supported_Media_Types_on_BlackBerr...
Here is how to load files on the playbook:
http://btsc.webapps.blackberry.com/btsc/viewdocument.do?externalId=KB26068&sliceId=2&cmd=displayKC&d...
Hope this helps!
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Dear Blackberry, I want to talk about your little beautiful tablet: The Playbook.
This is a Catharsis, so don't take this personal, it isn't.
I have one, I found it's hardware to be incredible. The OS (2.0) it's also fast and responsive. There are several thing really well done in it: multitasking, gestures, the way to close programs, how to reset, suspend and shutdown, and many, many others.
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I'm going to see if I can address your main concerns:
Twitter: There are several apps available in AppWorld. Personally, I just use the web app supplied and it works just fine. Additionally, you can download Android apps to your Playbook quite easily. My favorite place to get them is from here:
http://goodereader.com/apps/playbook/playbook-android-apps/
BBM: This service requires a BB data plan via a BlackBerry. I bridge my PlayBook to my BlackBerry and can use BBM quite easily (though Groups are not yet supported.)
Connecting to PC: Please download the Desktop Software from www.blackberry.com/desktop
Hopefully, this helps you some. I much prefer my PlayBook over my iPad any day. I have taken the time to research on the Internet and figure out how to convert my own Android apps over to PlayBook and it has given me some extra utilization. It's not hard to do once you get everything set up.
John
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What are the specs of the video the Playbook records?

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I'm going through the challenge of converting Playbook MP4 video files to edit them in Final Cut Pro. I was wondering if anyone could give me the full specs on the video the Playbook records. Is it 720 X 1280? Interlaced or progressive? What is the frame speed? Audio? Etc.?
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canadajohn wrote:
Thanks very much for the reply.
Unfortunately no matter how I try to download Supported Media Types on BlackBerry Tablets I can't - either by clicking on your link or by putting that phrase into a search engine (it appears there but will also not download). Equally I'm not really interested at this time in kinds of media I could import into the Playbook.
Now, that is odd. I just downloaded it second time from the link you posted.
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