Comments on: Rumor: RIM’s PlayBook to Use Dalvik VM to Run Android Apps http://www.blackberrycool.com/2011/01/27/rumor-rims-playbook-to-use-dalvik-vm-to-run-android-apps/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 18 May 2013 20:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Android on BlackBerry? So Crazy it Just Might Work! | Bacon on the Go http://www.blackberrycool.com/2011/01/27/rumor-rims-playbook-to-use-dalvik-vm-to-run-android-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-515169 Android on BlackBerry? So Crazy it Just Might Work! | Bacon on the Go Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:30:41 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=24012#comment-515169 [...] rumour, reported first by BGR and also covered by BlackBerry Cool, that the Playbook (and presumably future QNX-based devices) could use the Dalvik Java VM to [...]

]]> By: Boozon http://www.blackberrycool.com/2011/01/27/rumor-rims-playbook-to-use-dalvik-vm-to-run-android-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-515158 Boozon Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:42:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=24012#comment-515158 “Almost every single app worth downloading is already available across multiple platforms”

Yes, if you look at global or US apps, not local or regional apps.

Example:

In Sweden there are loads of nice local/regional apps (newspapers, train companies, bus companies, sports, banks etc) available for iPhone/Android.

Number of these apps available for BlackBerry: 0.

If it were possible to run Android apps on the BlackBerry, that would be absolutely fantastic and a giant leap forward!

(And the sad fact that the local apps are not available for BB is actually the single biggest reason why I’m even considering switching from BlackBerry to either iPhone or Android…)

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