With the release of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, RIM made it possible to run thousands of Android apps on the company’s 7 inch tablet. That dramatically increases the number of apps available for the ...

Having announced official support for Android applications before it released its PlayBook tablet, RIM has started to detail the features that will be available when its compatibility layer goes live.

The easiest way that most thought can salvage the PlayBook tablet device out of its impending graveyard was to allow the device to run Android Apps. Their native application market just did not have ...

We’ve seen unsubstantiated rumors, and heard hints that Research in Motion might expand its BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet OS to support Android apps, too. Now, just hours after the CTIA show in Orlando ...

RIM PlayBook Research In Motion said that “thousands” of Android apps are already in the Android player launched one week ago as part of the PlayBook OS 2.0 update. The company said that the player ...

RIM's tablet competitor, the Blackberry PlayBook, was supposed to make up for a relative shortage of apps with an innovative "App Player" that would allow the device to run apps from the bountiful ...

Research In Motion today said it is fusing its smartphone and tablet operating systems into one platform, and bringing Android applications to the PlayBook. The news comes days after a devastating ...

A leaked version of the Android App Player for the BlackBerry PlayBook foreshadows an official version due out later this summer—a move that could help boost sales.

The ailing BlackBerry PlayBook is getting a big update next month, including an Android app player. But should the price be slashed? Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and writer/ presenter of ...

If you can't beat them, join them. Or, at least, borrow from their ecosystem. That's the underlying message from RIM that its forthcoming tablet BlackBerry PlayBook is set to support Android apps a ...

There was a rumor floating around that the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet would support Android's vast selection apps. Of course, this was taken with a grain of salt because, well, why would RIM ...

One of the benefits of running the Good e-Reader App Store for both Playbook BAR files and Android APK’s is that we can track the most popular apps on any given month. During the month of October, a ...