A surprising announcement, but predicted, launched by Research in Motion (RIM). This popular smart phone maker announced the availability of its Playbook tablets by mid-April in the United States and Canada. Reportedly Playbook will enter Indonesian market at least on early May. What surprising is not the confirmation of its launch date, but the Playbook support on Android applications which is compatible with the Operating System version 2.3 (Gingerbread). Playbook also supports the development of applications using Native C/C++, HTML5, Adobe Flash, and Adobe AIR, as well as support for the gaming engine Airplay SDK and Unity 3.
The announcement appears to remove the arrogance of the BlackBerry which was standing strong against the threat of Android and the iPhone. Through his press release, Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO of RIM said that additional BlackBerry applications with Java and Android for BlackBerry Playbook via BlackBerry App World will provide more options for users and the flexibility of this platform. BlackBerry Playbook itself has a BlackBerry Tablet operating system based on QNX, which the author was acquired by RIM a year ago.
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