BlackBerry Devices May Run Android Apps

crankyspice writes "RIM is allegedly prepping the QNX-based operating system running their forthcoming PlayBook tablet to run Android applications, according to a Bloomberg article. As RIM has stated that the QNX platform will run at least some of its upcoming smartphones as well, this could cinch Android's status as the lingua franca of smartphone application environments, especially with BlackBerry's current market leadership and Android's explosive marketshare growth."

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Re:Very, very stupid idea

[icebike]

RIM's core market are business users. This market is safe.

No, its not safe.

Android is going after business as well. (Apple pretends to, but then insists you install a music player to manage a phone).

There isn't a single mainstream business platform that Android can't interact with, securely. Sometimes with built in apps, in other cases third party apps are better. Look at TouchDown some time as merely one example.

Rim was/is the leader in this, but they can't rest on their laurels.