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One of the most interesting steps that RIM has made recently is to let Android Apps running on BlackBerry PlayBook. And today at the BlackBerry World 2011 event, this process was demoed and from what we’ve seen on the demo, it looks great. This is an absolutely great opportunity for Android developers as well as great news for BlackBerry PlayBook users.
The interesting thing is, RIM will not let their users to get the Android apps from the Android Market. Instead, Android App Develppers have to sign up with BlackBerry App World and bring over their apps. PlayBook users then have to download the Android-gone-BlackBerry apps from App World.
Those Android apps will be displayed the same as any other apps on the PlayBook homescreen including the icons. However, to launch an Android app, Android App Player is required to be opened and running on the PlayBook. Watch the video demo to see more clearly about the process. And the most important thing is, the performance with the apps also looks pretty good.
Well, it’s a great Joy for PlayBoook users. So, the BlackBerry App World is probably not the biggest mobile app store in terms of number of apps. But with this big jump, that’s completely not a problem anymore.
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