Research In Motion Ltd., looking to score a hit with its PlayBook tablet computer, is working on software to allow the device to run applications for Google Inc.’s Android, three people familiar with the matter said.
RIM plans to integrate the technology with the PlayBook operating system, giving customers access to Android’s more than 130,000 apps, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the effort isn’t public. RIM, after looking outside the company, is developing the software internally and may have it ready in the second half, two people said.
RIM had considered using Google’s Dalvik, the Java software used in running Android apps, and decided against it for reasons including an ongoing patent dispute between Oracle Corp. and Google over the software, two people said.
it has to soar now the number on complaint from analyst was the lack of apps if you can run android apps on the playbook and then future blackberrys bang theres not much more the analyst can complain about
my guess is they'll just reprogram the apps so that if it is run on QNX, it won't work. To try and negate that. I hope they don't though, all the games and junk from Android, combined with the Productivity of BlackBerry Apps. We're onto a winner.
it has to soar now the number on complaint from analyst was the lack of apps if you can run android apps on the playbook and then future blackberrys bang theres not much more the analyst can complain about
my guess is they'll just reprogram the apps so that if it is run on QNX, it won't work. To try and negate that. I hope they don't though, all the games and junk from Android, combined with the Productivity of BlackBerry Apps. We're onto a winner.
Do you mean they = google? I hope not. Also would be a bad move, they'd basically be cockblocking their developers from entering a new market to sell their apps.
Running the apps is one thing but getting access to the "android market" would mean sign some sort of contract with google or having the devs list their apps in appworld.
I would assume RIM will cough up some major $$$ to acquire access to the market somehow. to me that seems like the best option.
amazon app store is not going to be as popular as you think.
Amazon is setting the prices and the Dev gets 70% of the profits. So if you submit to amazon and you want $5 for the app but amazon says $3, then you get 70% of that. They do say they will give you 20% of the price you submit so i guess you would get $2 for that no matter what price Amazon sets it at even it its $2.
Amazon has to review the app also. Dont know how long that will take or what they will accept and deny.
Also i think there is a fee to join the dev market on Amazon of $99. So you will not see alot of people sign up on amazon IMO with the costs like that.
Bottom line you will not see 200K android apps on the amazon app store
Maybe Im not fully understanding how this all works, but why would we need access to the Android Market? Couldn't Developers just submit the same app to Blackberry App world?
amazon app store is not going to be as popular as you think.
Amazon is setting the prices and the Dev gets 70% of the profits. So if you submit to amazon and you want $5 for the app but amazon says $3, then you get 70% of that. They do say they will give you 20% of the price you submit so i guess you would get $2 for that no matter what price Amazon sets it at even it its $2.
Amazon has to review the app also. Dont know how long that will take or what they will accept and deny.
Also i think there is a fee to join the dev market on Amazon of $99. So you will not see alot of people sign up on amazon IMO with the costs like that.
Bottom line you will not see 200K android apps on the amazon app store
The flip side is there may be less clutter to sift through.
Maybe Im not fully understanding how this all works, but why would we need access to the Android Market? Couldn't Developers just submit the same app to Blackberry App world?
Exactly - and that is how I assume it would work. Little, or no, additional modification to your app - just submit it to AppWorld.
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Not that a personally care that much about apps but it's good news if only for the fact that this will be an "in your face" move that will shut the naysayers' (i.e. analysts and media) mouths for a while.
Not that a personally care that much about apps but it's good news if only for the fact that this will be an "in your face" move that will shut the naysayers' (i.e. analysts and media) mouths for a while.
only for that day that they spend looking for the next thing to criticize
Maybe Im not fully understanding how this all works, but why would we need access to the Android Market? Couldn't Developers just submit the same app to Blackberry App world?
they could be crap world isnt exactly the best marketplace. It will cost devs money too.
the easiest way is to pay google for market access. it would be expensive for RIM probably but the customer and the Devs would win with that and it certainly would give the PB a huge boost.
When I had android, you can go to the developer forums and just download the apps directly and this can be done here so don't need the market. My only concern, since qnx is the os and trying to run android stuff, will this be like a vm situation and android apps are will suffer performance issues?