Lack of Playbook Updates

When is the new operating system being released already!  I purchased my playbook on the 1st date of sale and am thoroughly disgusted with the lack of information. It was an remains an incomplete product for which I paid full retain price. It seems that RIM isn't supportimg its products or its customers. When my family's four blackberrys are up for replacement, each passing day looks more and more like there's an apple product in the future.  I'm afraid to choose another blackberry product. Will it be incomplete too?   
Hey RIM, how about a little information to give me piece of mind? Enough of the rumors. Competitors are burying you as you focus on releasing games instead of a full featured product (Spell check anyone?)

Totally agree. Several posters here have the OS2 dev beta and are seeing improvements. There is no official word on the release. We were hoping at dev con but only leaks.
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