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RIM Changes Stance On PlayBook's Android Support

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-changed-our-mind dept.

hypnosec writes "It hasn't been long since the BlackBerry maker Research In Motion announced that its QNX based tablet device, the PlayBook, will be supporting Android implementation on it. However, it has been revealed now that a sizable portion of Android apps will be cut off from running on the moderately successful tablet device. The news thus leads us to a situation where Android developers might not be interested anymore in coming up with new apps for the QNX powered gadget. The Android apps that won't be working in the PlayBook include Android Live Wallpapers; apps that contain more than one activity tied to the launcher, the Android text-to-speech engine, and Android cloud-to-device messaging service, amongst a few others."

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  1. Wait, we're talking about the playbook? by mattcsn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I thought we were talking about "a moderately successful tablet device", not "a near-total failure".

  2. What a shitty list. by drunkennewfiemidget · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I just picked up a Playbook (because they've already plummeted in price, and I wanted to try one out), and when I heard someone tell me the Android support had changed, I got a little freaked out.

    Then I read the list of things that won't work and rolled my eyes, because they're all non-issues.

    What a waste of time this story and linked article are. Move along, nothing to see here.

  3. Re:but - does it BLEND? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A friend of mine bought one, and I can confirm that it sucks ass. Not unlike the new BB phones. I will not be buying any more RIM products, and I have heard the same from many people. I didn't play with it extensively...

    This got upvoted? There's not a single reasonable criticism in here. I've got a Playbook, and I use it constantly. I've never had a problem with the USB port, and the battery lasts me several days of intermittent use or around 3 movies on a flight. I honestly don't get the hate. If you have legitimate criticism, lets hear it - but what you've said here has no substance.

  4. Re:but - does it BLEND? by EdIII · · Score: 3, Funny

    randomly calls whores and puts them on a three-way call with my girlfriend when I take it out of the holster

    I have played with one too, and it is not as bad as you say it is, but without Android support it is going to be practically worthless. Your entire post has an extremely acerbic tone to it.

    Perhaps there is an entire article, or possibly a movie screenplay, about the "whores", your girlfriend, and the hilarious shenanigans with your phone.

    Questions. Questions. Questions.

    1) Are these actual whores being called by your phone, or is the "whore" a characterization from your girlfriend?
    2) Is the Torch in possession of AI sufficient to determine if a contact is in fact a whore?
    3) Can the Torch apply something like least cost routing to your selection of whore contacts? Availability?
    4) Why do you keep so many "whore" contacts in your phone?
    5) Statistically speaking, how can the Torch alone be responsible for 3-way'n so many whores with your girlfriend? Not the good 3-way either obviously.
    6) Have other phones in the past accidentally dialed contacts in your vast whore repo before?

    Seriously. I don't think I am the only person here who wants to know more about this.

    Please continue.