We have been able to sideload repackaged Android apps on the PlayBook for awhile now since RIM first started showing us OS 2.0. Now that OS 2.0 is finally officially available for all and there is no reason not to upgrade I thought I would broach this topic. While RIM has been incentivizing developers to port their Android apps to the PlayBook quite a few high profile developers have not jumped at the opportunity. That has lead to a vast network of BlackBerry PlayBook users repackaging Android apps and sharing them with others.
So I thought I would throw it out there. What Android apps have you sideloaded onto your PlayBook? Feel free to share them in the comments!
Personally my favorites so far include:
- Pandora
- DropBox
- Amazon Kindle
- gReader (buggy)
The apps have had their own bugs that developers will hopefully iron out once they see the interest but survivable. As you can see above www.goodereader.com has come out as a great source for converted Android BAR files along with the long standing www.playbookbars.com. Let us know if you have more sources!
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