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Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones

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wjwlsn wrote:
>> 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.)
>

I've got a mandatory Blackberry for work, and while it's cool to bash BB 
these days, I still like the hardware very much (and I very much miss 
the old jog-wheel interface).  BB made a lot of mistakes, their 
strategic leadership was garbage, and they're paying big time for it.  I 
much prefer the Android ecosystem of apps, but now that I know I can run 
Android apps on BB I might well try a keyboard BB again.  Their hardware 
is awesome, I think, and I'm not a huge fan of the candybar form factor 
that is so ubiquitous these days.

As for Windows Phones, good luck, gentlemen, you are really having a 
hard time digging your way out of that hole.  (with the exception of 
Scandinavia, I'm told, where Winphones sell somewhat well).  I hardly 
ever see them anywhere else.

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Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones True Satan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-13 13:42 +0000
  Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 10:11 +0000
    Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones invis <invis@invis.net> - 2014-02-13 17:12 +0000
      Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 12:44 +0000
        Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-14 11:09 +0000
          Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones invis <invis@invis.net> - 2014-02-14 11:19 +0000
            Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones True Satan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-14 12:35 +0000
          Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones True Satan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-14 12:30 +0000
          Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-14 16:26 +0200
            Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-14 14:58 +0000
            Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones True Satan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-14 14:59 +0000
              Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-14 18:45 +0200
                Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-14 19:00 +0100
              Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-14 18:17 +0100
                Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-15 09:26 -0500
                Re: Microsof Considering Making Android Aps Run on Windows 'Phones "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-15 20:24 +0100

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