Pepper have released a new version of the Pepper software with some important upgrades. There’s a new PDF viewer application, enhancements to the remote control applications which include macro support, support for taking videos with the web cam, a better download manager in the browser, email from journal support and, one that I find very nice, remote desktop support. I used the native rdesktop application a lot on the PP3 and found it a nice way to get access to app’s and features that I needed from my normal desktop.

Unfortunately the new 3.2 version of the Pepper software hasn’t got the Skype software in it that was promised back in Jan and there are still three other features that really have to be added to the Pad as soon as possible.

• Bluetooth DUN Support
• UPnP support for video and audio sharing
• CIF/SMB/Windows share discovery and support

I’ve heard a number of times that these features are on the Pepper to-do list and Pepper have also told me that there’s a second, bigger, software release planned for later this year. I hope that these features will be rolled up into the this release.

PeperPad3 device specifications, images and links