Amazon's Android Appstore Coming To BlackBerry

New submitter Hammeh (2481572) writes "BlackBerry announced they have reached a licensing agreement with Amazon to provide the Amazon Android Appstore to be shipped with BlackBerry OS 10.3, which is due to be released this fall. The Amazon Appstore will exist alongside the current BlackBerry World, bringing more than 200,000 Android apps directly to BB 10.3 devices. As part of the announcement, BlackBerry also outlined how they will be closing the Music and Video sections of BlackBerry World, as they will be provided by the Amazon Appstore. The question: is it enough to save BlackBerry in the consumer market, or is it too little, too late?

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Re:Finally

[Anonymous Coward]

'excellent hardware'... I'm sorry but that stopped being the case around the BlackBerry 9000 era when it went from made in Canada to made in mexico/china. Build quality is on par with any other Android manufacturer.

As for the physical keyboard? That's really a matter of taste. Some of the alternate Android keyboards (and soon IOS too I guess) are faster once you get used to it, and yea it does take some time/practice.

I'm sorry, could you repeat the question?

[enharmonix]

The question: is it enough to save BlackBerry in the consumer market, or is it too little, too late?

How long has it been since BlackBerry has had more than a negligible share of the consumer market? These days, they seem to be almost exclusively enterprise. Seriously, the last time I can think of that anybody I know who bought their own BlackBerry was like 7 years ago. Who is using BlackBerry for personal use?

Re:Finally

[MightyMartian]

Yes, the Android subsystem in BB sucks.