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I'm not sure if that changes once you reach a certain amount of apps or not. I've submitted two, with one approved, and soon to be one more submitted.03-24-11 05:16 PMLike 0 -
1. Android 3.0 is too new. I believe that RIM has been working with Android 2.3 for months.
2. Android 3.0 is tablet only for the most part. I believe that RIM has a QNX phone in the works and they want the Android apps to work on phone also.
3. I believe that RIM is looking at the next version of Android that will merge v2.3/2.4 and v3.0.
I have one concern about Android apps on the Playbook - Will RIM keep the Android App Player up to date?
I have one question about the Playbook browser - is it a tabed browser?
This news has changed the odds of me getting a Playbook this summer from 90% Android and 10% Playbook to 50/50!03-24-11 05:17 PMLike 0 - I read an article that said even if they only catch 10% of their enterprise market with the tablet, they will beat apple.03-24-11 05:18 PMLike 0
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The question is, how does it run? Do you need to run the virtual environment (run the Android app on the Playbook) and then run the Android app within or will you just be able to click and run an Android app right from the Playbook home screen?
It's a little early to tell at this point without more details or a demo.03-24-11 05:32 PMLike 0 - It wasn't for the Tablet OS but for phone development. Good to know it's absolutely free for Tablet OS if you go that way.03-24-11 05:35 PMLike 0
- no access to android market. developers must take time and energy to transfer apps to BB appworld. these are phone apps. not tablet apps. I know this is being hyped because PB does have any native apps, but these emulation layers never are very satisfying. But it may be good for a few days of hype in the echo chamber.AutoPilot2020 likes this.03-24-11 05:44 PMLike 1
- no access to android market. developers must take time and energy to transfer apps to BB appworld. these are phone apps. not tablet apps. I know this is being hyped because PB does have any native apps, but these emulation layers never are very satisfying. But it may be good for a few days of hype in the echo chamber.
plus it allows RIM to root out the garbage that gets on the Market.
watching the myrian alien dalvik demo, all the android apps are integrated into the homescreen, no launching an app launcher for android apps.
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If developers can open their apps to another market and make more dollars with little to no hassle, they will. But I guess we'll find out this summer.03-24-11 05:58 PMLike 0 -
if android compatibility attracts a whole new group of devs who start off as android to playbook devs, then its still good for RIM. as the market grows, they'll come to see the advantages of utilizing the native SDK for low-level access to the hardware and that can take off on its own.03-24-11 05:58 PMLike 0 - This is as good for Android as it is for BB. The Android OS is barely a beta, and is far too buggy for the general public. Almost everyone I know with an Android wants to throw it against a wall, except for the Linux nerds that just hack it into stability. Samsung fraks up almost every Android phone they release, and even HTC can't get around what a battery/RAM-hog that the Android OS is compared to BB, iOS or webOS. A stable OS underneath the Android marketplace is what Google has been lacking to make their devices consumer friendly, as opposed to cheap (often free) iPhone knock-offs.
I'm still not 100% certain of the Playbook even with this news. After the Storm 1, I wait for the 2nd new device before committing to a new BB. Let other people with more $$ than me to toss around on a new toy "test" this model, and then I may jump on board when they use this for phones next year and my contract runs out.
Disclosure: I own an iPad 2 *and* a Blackberry Curve. Don't regret it. Love them both to death.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com03-24-11 06:16 PMLike 0 - This isn't a Gameboy emulator. It's a virtual machine built on a multitasking multi-core architecture. If you have the time and energy, take a look at the some details of the architecture at BlackBerry Tablet OS �€“ A discussion with Dan Dodge | BlackBerry Developer�€™s Blog
If developers can open their apps to another market and make more dollars with little to no hassle, they will. But I guess we'll find out this summer.03-24-11 06:16 PMLike 0 -
But carry on with the one-line trolling attention-***** posts. Your history is full of em.03-24-11 06:20 PMLike 0 -
You know what's kind of pathetic?
that was your post more than a year ago.
cling much?03-24-11 06:24 PMLike 0 - You know what's kind of pathetic?
http://forums.crackberry.com/f133/finally-did-418520/
that was your post more than a year ago.
cling much?03-24-11 06:26 PMLike 0 - That's my only fear... That devs will stop making native QNX apps for the PB (and eventually phones). Instead they'll take the easy way out by just making an Android app and just do minor tweaks to port it to the PB. Otherwise, I think its a good idea to get the devs to start looking at RIM.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com03-24-11 06:28 PMLike 0 - 03-24-11 06:31 PMLike 0
- That's my only fear... That devs will stop making native QNX apps for the PB (and eventually phones). Instead they'll take the easy way out by just making an Android app and just do minor tweaks to port it to the PB. Otherwise, I think its a good idea to get the devs to start looking at RIM.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com03-24-11 06:34 PMLike 0 -
It makes good sense why they won't support totally native Android apps from the Android Market or side-loaded Android apps. If they did, they would lose the potential "developed for Playbook but based on Android" moniker as well as potential revenue.03-24-11 06:34 PMLike 0 - RIM's strategy is plain and simple they are going where the developers are instead of throwing something at the wall and waiting for someone to pick it up. Throwing something at the wall and waiting used to be be their approach in the past but in the last 1 year RIM has pumped up and got their act together and I can only applaud them for all the things they are doing lately.03-24-11 06:48 PMLike 0
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