Want proof of pent-up demand for Blackberry Playbook applications? Announced in March, and reportedly due to be available later this year, an early beta of the Playbook Android Player was inadvertently made available for a short time on Blackberry.com yesterday. RIM pulled the software, and issued a statement telling people not to use it, but not before a group of developers on Crackberry.com grabbed it and started testing every Android app they could get their hands on. What you can see from the conversation on Crackberry.com is that although the leaked code is an early beta, many Android applications worked immediately.
Don’t feel like hacking your Playbook to see what Android Player looks like? No problem. The Crackberry team has helpfully posted the following video so you don’t have to.
Are you excited? I am.
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- Android App Player For BlackBerry PlayBook Leaked Out In Beta Form (techcrunch.com)
- Video: Hands-on with the BlackBerry PlayBook Android app player (intomobile.com)
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
