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Originally Posted by psicodude
My guess is that they are trying to build up their user base so they can attract more app development, as that is where they are truly way behind the competition.
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My guess is they are well and truly screwed. Once they get Android support passably working, there will be exactly zero incentive to ever develop native Playbook apps. The market will be happy to deliver shovelware for the platform that kinda works on the Playbook, but mostly works better and faster on true Android native tablets, and then the choice for consumers between the Playbook and those true Android tablets will be clear.
Even more to the point, the huge advantage that Android and iOS have at this point is that those platforms support handsets and tablets. What app developer wants to target the Playbook and not the handsets - the ones running QNX are about a year out now, per RIM. Tablets are still a small part of the mobility segment, dwarfed by phones. The Playbook is like a niche (QNX based) within a niche (tablets vs handsets)