Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: wjwlsn Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 12:44:19 -04-59 (UTC) Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: individual.net wdn8SWpVQem5iBhCfFBI/Ql3jetiNrAj4oQb2cdVb3RiDqERCc Cancel-Lock: sha1:5w3PgMhLrgQ47Z8lYipGVU6Mges= User-Agent: NewsgroupsRT/Version 9 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:385 > On 13/02/2014 14:11, wjwlsn wrote: >> There is no official method available to use any Android >> store, or to sideload apk files directly. (There are unofficial means to >> convert apk to BAR without modifying code, but the process of conversion >> and sideloading is unwieldy and the results can be disappointing... >> although you can occasionally be pleasantly surprised.) > > This is no longer true as of 10.2.1 - see > "http://crackberry.com/best-places-find-android-apps-blackberry". > > Whoa! Thanks for that. I kind of stopped following up on Blackberry several months ago, and I haven't bothered to update my Q10 since then either. This is kind of great news, although it still makes me wonder how easy availability of Android apps will affect native development over the long run. (I'm still not totally convinced that there is a long run for Black berry's future, but I hope there is... nothing else even comes close for the fluid UI experience.)