[pcuser]

Meet the BlackBerry wizardry that created its 'better Android than Android' - The ingenious hack that throws the company a lifeline

Exclusive Some remarkable technical wizardry lies behind BlackBerry�s Android coup. When it was launched in January, BlackBerry�s new OS was brand new BlackBerry 10 and largely app-less. But today it can execute Android apps at impressive speed. How did they do it? Thanks to some helpful inside knowledge, The Register will reveal it all.

Source: Meet the BlackBerry wizardry that created its 'better Android than Android' • The Register

[Z30Man]

Wow.

Posted via my BlackBerry Z30.

[Q30Man]

Amazing.

All hail BB.

[playbookster]

Don't let cjh see this again, he will start miss using the word hack in the modern sense rather than how it was intended in this article.

Sent from my Z30

[propeller10]

Still don't care for Android apps on a Blackberry. It's a temporary solution but a permanent solution is needed asap.

[togetfiles]

"... dynamic cross linking..." with QNX Was a hardware mod included in the schematics perhaps?

I think if this pursuit continues it'll only mean sky rocketing costs for BBRY in keeping up with hardware specifications for consumerism... chasing high-end Android apps and their developers etc.

And I don't believe the risks of potential security breaches could afford this continuation either. But, I know 'bugger all' about engineering these things, so maybe a better and a more resourceful choice would be to start funding developer incentives, i.e. with a codified optional developer etiquette for an official BBRY ranking -- push some real ingenuity and competition etc. into the BBRY market.

Seriously, the opportunities are simply endless.

Anyway, nice job on the "intensive" hack