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It would be great. For example, starting 10.3 OS update. I think BlackBerry could talk with the developer and do ir. Android integration is great and certainly will improve, but the problem is that sideloading is a tough process. We know it because we're always here in crackberry checking BlackBerry news, but for regular users is hard to even know about it.
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No.
The whole APK feature is officially only a developer's tool, not something that's supported by BB for end-users. Further, Snap violates the Google Play Store Terms Of Service (at the very least), and while Google has so far ignored that, if BB were to pre-load Snap, it would force Google to take official notice, which would lead to a Cease and Desist, a possible lawsuit, and almost certainly lead to the end of Snap's access to the Play Store.
BlackBerry will not want/allow a competing appstore on their phones.
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Almost certainly not, however Chen has promised that a 'much better way to access Android apps' is being developed.
So it looks like a BlackBerry appstore for Android could be in the future.
See the last CrackBerry video cast for more details on this (the one dedicated to the ultimate warrior).
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As others have said though, the solution would more likely be to have pure Android APKs in BlackBerry World. BlackBerry is going to want their revenue. They'd be stupid not to.
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It seems nice of in this way. They could create and area for android apks inside BlackBerry world and fill the store with android apks by their own.
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The problem with that is: nothing is really stopping Android developers from doing that already. Many apps could be run through a simple converter and posted to BB World by their developers, but relatively few have done so. It's not likely that an APK store would have much more usage by developers.