As rumors indicated, the playbook will be able to launch applications for Android and those for BlackBerry smartphones. The operation is not as simple as expected, but the idea is interesting and will allow RIM to provide a tablet with a good repository for launch. If RIM talk about Android and BlackBerry compatibility (for Java), this is not entirely the case, in that the tablet does not run applications directly.
An application will be used to "virtualize" a system Android or BlackBerry OS Classic - the tablet works under QNX - and will run the application in a "sandbox", which could pose some problems, but is expected to start most applications. Moreover, only applications submitted by developers about the BlackBerry App World will be used: they should be validated by RIM for use on the tablet.
In fact, we should find a lot of the applications made by development studios, who will appreciate to have new markets for their applications, but it is not clear that small developers will take the time to validate their applications at RIM. Finally, there remains the question of performance: if the tablet RIM is well endowed with a dual core processor and system very light, it should be checked in practice if the applications are as fast as on a real Android device. 
An application will be used to "virtualize" a system Android or BlackBerry OS Classic - the tablet works under QNX - and will run the application in a "sandbox", which could pose some problems, but is expected to start most applications. Moreover, only applications submitted by developers about the BlackBerry App World will be used: they should be validated by RIM for use on the tablet.
In fact, we should find a lot of the applications made by development studios, who will appreciate to have new markets for their applications, but it is not clear that small developers will take the time to validate their applications at RIM. Finally, there remains the question of performance: if the tablet RIM is well endowed with a dual core processor and system very light, it should be checked in practice if the applications are as fast as on a real Android device.
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