RIM Confirms, Playbook Will Run Android Apps

March 25, 2011 in Gadgets & Gear

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It is official, RIM has confirmed that the much anticipated Playbook tablet from the maker of the Blackberry will run apps built for Android. A number of developer tools will be launched that will allow the porting of Android apps to work on the Playbook which will run RIM’s now QNX operating system.
A few other points from the news release:

BlackBerry PlayBook to support BlackBerry Java and Android apps
Native C/C++ development support added, in addition to HTML5, Flash and AIR support
Support from leading game engines: Ideaworks Labs (AirPlay) and Unity Technologies (Unity 3)
BlackBerry PlayBook becomes a new market opportunity for all the developers who have already created over 25,000 BlackBerry Java apps and more than 200,000 Android apps

Big news from the RIM camp.

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