BlackBerry gave its users the ability to run Android apps by including an Android emulator in BlackBerry 10. BlackBerry knew that in order for users to adopt their new platform they would need to have a lot of good apps. In addition to efforts the company made to get developers to write native BB10 apps, the company decided to include the Android emulator to ramp up the app selection quickly.
Martyn Mallick, BlackBerry’s vice president for global alliances and business development, told AllThingsD about 20% of the apps running on BB10 are Android apps.
The Android emulator is a nice compromise, but it can be sluggish. Do you use Android apps on your BlackBerry?
Martyn Mallick, BlackBerry’s vice president for global alliances and business development, told AllThingsD about 20% of the apps running on BB10 are Android apps.
“We give them a very nice on-ramp to get onto the platform,” Mallick said in an interview Tuesday. “Our users deserve to have great content. If that is the fastest way we can get some of that content, that’s great.”
The Android emulator is a nice compromise, but it can be sluggish. Do you use Android apps on your BlackBerry?