[Superfly_FR]

Developers Confirm Blackberry World will Soon be Accepting Android Apps

Major game and app development companies are being approached by Blackberry to submit their apps to a new section on Blackberry World. In the past, Blackberry only accepted apps done using their own proprietary format. In the near future Blackberry will be releasing a new firmware update that will allow users to install Android apps (apk) files directly on their phone. To gear up for this transition, Blackberry will be offering Android apps for direct download in their online app store.

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Blackberry is betting big on the 10.3 firmware update that will allow native android apps to work on the Q5, Q10, Z10 and Z30.
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There is no estimated date when the new firmware update will be pushed out. Some companies have confirmed that its basically all done, but Blackberry is waiting to have at least 10,000 Android apps in their library before they start a marketing campaign.

This might be huge ...

P.s: 10.3 ?

[ray689]

Hmm now this is interesting.

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[LostOnThePianoRoll]

Woh woh woh now that makes sense... if they submit it themselves to amazon then why not BlackBerry World..

But we need to be sure about the compatibility.. and more importantly the smoothness of the experience... cause android apps stutter a lot (unpleasant experience)

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[mlb88]

I hope this is true!

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[anon(5624621)]

Developers Confirm Blackberry World will Soon be Accepting Android Apps

This might be huge ...

P.s: 10.3 ?

Very interesting to see where this goes.

[tonytraj17]

Wow, well hopefully we see this materialize soon.

[sickyute]

Believing its true but not going to get too excited.

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[XyeD_R]

Will these apps work on q10 aswell . i just sold my z10 to get the Q10

[habs_fan]

Here's a thread already going on it
http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=892622

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