Comparison Of Work Applications And Personal Applications - Blackberry PlayBook Security Technical Overview

Security Technical Overview
• Bridge Browser
The tablet permits the following applications to run in work mode or personal mode:
• BlackBerry Bridge
• Photo viewer
• Media player
• Email application
• Calendar application
• Contacts application
• Document viewers such as Documents To Go or Adobe Reader
• Files application
The tablet permits the following applications to run in personal mode only:
• Applications that a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet user downloads and installs on the tablet
• Browser
• Maps application
• YouTube
• Facebook
• Twitter

Comparison of work applications and personal applications

Work applications
Work applications can access work data; they can view
but not change personal data.
Work applications can attach personal files to work
email messages or work calendar entries (for example,
a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet user can attach a picture
that the user took using the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet
camera to a work email message).
Work applications can access your organization's
network using the BlackBerry Bridge.
A user can access work applications only when the tablet
is connected to a BlackBerry smartphone (for example,
if a user opens a .pdf file attachment in a work email
message, the Adobe Reader work application can open
the file).
The tablet upgrades work applications when the
BlackBerry Tablet OS is upgraded.
How a tablet controls whether an application is a work application or a personal application
Personal applications
Personal applications cannot access work data but they
can access personal data.
Personal applications cannot attach work files to
personal email messages or personal calendar entries.
Personal applications cannot access your organization's
network using the BlackBerry Bridge.
A user can access personal applications regardless of
whether the tablet is connected to the smartphone.
The tablet upgrades preinstalled personal applications
when the BlackBerry Tablet OS is upgraded and the user
can upgrade the personal applications that the user
installs at any time.
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