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RIM Confirms Android Apps Will Run On Playbook, Through Intermediate Players

Posted by timothy on from the when-fruit-meets-robot-companion dept.

angry tapir writes "Research In Motion has announced that users of its PlayBook tablet will be able to run Android and Java applications. The PlayBook, which becomes available on April 19, will have two optional 'app players' that will provide run-time environments for BlackBerry Java apps and Android 2.3 apps. The players will let users download BlackBerry Java Apps and Android Apps from BlackBerry App World."

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  1. This is a great move for RIM by Anthony+Mouse · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Doing this gives Blackberry devices a chance to compete on merit instead of on how many apps they have. And it gives developers a unified target for app development -- make an Android app and it will run on both Android devices and Blackberries, which strengthens both platforms at the expense of their other competitors.

    This is what Nokia should have done.

  2. Re:Quality by TD-Linux · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, when they support the 2.3 API (revision 10), they also support all API versions below that. In fact, Google encourages developers to target the lowest possible API level to support needed features, to maximize compatibility.