RIM Updates BlackBerry News for PlayBook to v1.1.0.1

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Several new features to the BlackBerry News app for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet are now available. BlackBerry News is a news aggregator that enables subscribing to RSS feeds provided by many different content providers to enable a single location to get your latest news. New functionality includes:

Portrait mode support for all screens
“Read” articles are marked as such
“New” content indicator on home screen
Ability to update channels through data tethering
Ability to switch channels in magazine view
In the article view, ability to go to previous/next article
View a feed immediately after subscribing to it

Download BlackBerry News in BlackBerry App World (Note: it may take up to 24 hours for the application to appear for all users.)

Let us know how the update works for you in the comments below!

Hi
When is this going to be available in other regions?

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Originally Posted by lamotien

Hi
When is this going to be available in other regions?

Good question, RIM is usually pretty good about spreading out availability to other countries pretty quickly. I'd hand tight, it's a fairly new app.