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All posts tagged "playbook"


Saturday, August 6, 2011

More Android Goodness For Your BlackBerry, But You'll Have To Wait

Posted by Jason Lee in "Android Talk" @ 10:00 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/03/...ate-fall-later/

"RIM previously announced that its PlayBook tablet would be able to run Android apps by the summer, but we've just heard something to the contrary."

I hope that all this murmur about Android apps running on your shiny new BlackBerry PlayBook hasn't got your hopes up too much. Looks like the new buzz is that your 'Berry won't be sporting Android apps until late this fall. That's ok though, I'm sure RIM will still be in business by then. No worries.


Friday, August 5, 2011

An Unholy Union: Android Market Seen Running On BlackBerry PlayBook

Posted by Jason Lee in "Android Talk" @ 02:30 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/27/...playbook-video/

"We've already seen the Android App Player leak out, and now the BlackBerry PlayBook has taken one more (unofficial) step towards being a full-fledged, psuedo-Android tablet."

Grab your holy water and wooden spikes, kids. The unthinkable has happened. As seen in the video above some one was actually able to download and install an app from the Android Market onto a BlackBerry PlayBook. Well, kind of anyway. I just have to ask, are people really that hooked on BlackBerry? Why not just get an Android device?


Saturday, March 26, 2011

The RIM Playbook Will Run Android Apps

Posted by Craig Horlacher in "Android Software" @ 10:00 AM

http://www.mediabistro.com/thinkmob..._medium=twitter

"After some speculation, RIM has formally announced that their tablet, the Blackberry Playbook, will run Android apps. The inclusion of support for Android apps is huge because it means RIM’s new tablet will ship with the ability to run hundreds of thousands of apps."

Now if you follow the "read" link for all the info you'll see that what it actually will do is run RIM approved apps within an Android "app player" of some kind. This also means you will not have direct access to the Android Market. Android developers that want their app to be available for the Playbook will need to do some work to repackage their app, submit it to the BlackBerry App World, and wait for approval. I think it's smart for RIM to do this but only time will tell if developers will do the work needed to make their app available for the Playbook. I think a lot of eyes will be on the Playbook as well as the HP Touchpad (running WebOS) as so many people have been disappointed by current Android offerings. Also, I know I'm not the only one who thinks iOS is terrible on a phone and even worse on a tablet. The Playbook has some great hardware with 1GB of RAM, dual core processor, 3MP front camera, and 5MP rear camera. It does have a 7" screen which some people may think it too small, for me I think the 10" would be too big. The question is will it work well and will people buy it? What do you think?


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Are Pigs Flying? BlackBerry PlayBook and Smartphones May Run Android Apps!

Posted by Craig Horlacher in "Android News" @ 03:00 PM

http://www.bgr.com/2011/01/26/exclu...n-android-apps/

"Here is the big news: we have been told RIM is very much considering the Dalvik virtual machine, and we ultimately expect the company to chose Dalvik. If that sounds familiar to you, it’s because it’s the same VM that the Android OS uses, and it would allow RIM’s PlayBook and other QNX devices to run just about any application built for the Android platform."

This sounds great to me! I don't see any way it would hurt Android and it could save RIM. I'm all for more competition and I love when software can work on devices it wasn't intended for. Would this make you consider the PlayBook, Torch 2, or Storm 3?


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