RIM (RIMM) Says PlayBook Will Support Google (GOOG) Apps

Research In Motion (Nasdaq:RIMM), as expected by some, has officially announced its PlayBook tablet will support Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android apps.

As Motley Fool noted, "The bad news for BlackBerry fans is that the PlayBook will run app-player software that runs Android. This "non-native" approach typically creates a noticeable performance drag. What's more, Android apps for the PlayBook will be available only through RIM's BlackBerry App World, which is reputedly not user-friendly. RIM management probably understands the limited appeal of this approach, because it also announced tools to make it quick and inexpensive to adapt apps to run natively on the PlayBook."

They concluded, "RIM's decision underscores the challenge that Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE:HPQ) and Microsoft's (Nasdaq:MSFT) mobile devices - which also have differentiated operating systems - face in competing with Android and Apple's iOS. To be sure, HP has also touted quick, easy porting of apps to its webOS. But that strategy is more likely to keep it in the running than to propel it to a leading position."

Research in Motion closed Friday at $56.89, falling $7.20, or 11.23 percent.




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