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Free BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Offer
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if you port your android app to blackberry playbook you can get a free playbook offer ends march 2
http://us.blackberry.com/developers/tablet/playbook_offer2012.jsp
http://us.blackberry.com/developers/tablet/playbook_offer2012.jsp
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5 uses-access-native com.giderosmobile.android.player.AudioDevice
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all the time.
Any hints?
http://www.giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/409/port-your-gideros-android-app-to-the-blackberry-playbook#Item_5
It is because of the NDK usage I understood. The Playbook doesn't like apps that use the NDK.
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If I have time, I'll plan to implement a minimalist NDK OpenGL application and try to run it playbook simulator. If it works, then there is a hope
https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/android/apisupport
I would definitely side with the hopeful on this though as you can see what's already supported through the Playbook native SDK here: https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/native/beta/documentation/oss.html
I've just been using Cocos2d-X to port an app over and it's been pretty painless. If Gideros could greate a playbook native SDK project output the pain would be even lower (as I wouldn't have just had to relearn C++
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(btw, did you use playbook version of cocos2d-x or android version of cocos2d-x?)
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On a more serious note, as you asked, RIM was THE telco in the past, they slipped, and they fell and they cannot get up. If they have a massive production line of tablets that will proliferate the market either as free or as paid devices, then there will be a market, as long as there is a market, there will be a potential for sales. RIM have changed from their earlier proprietary system with AIR as a platform for development to including other languages and Android compatibility, they will change further to try and hang on. Desperate times will demonstrate desperate measures. I mean Nook released a 8 GB model to compete with Kindle Fire.
It is anyone's guess, if developers accept it the ecosystem lives... and then it thrives. Who knows how things turn out soon.
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As for the longevity of RIM ... well, I mainly started doing this port to get a Playbook. I don't WANT one, but I was going to get a cheap interim tablet anyway until the droid ones are up to a certain level, so this works out well. I also thought it might be interesting to explore a new market. I think it's certainly worth looking at how things pan out in the next few months. They've been absolutely rammed with apps from people thanks to this latest offer. I doubt it'll turn around the fortunes of the Playbook, but maybe it'll build up enough of an app base to give the Playbook 2 a fighting chance. On the handset side ... well, I don't want to go back to a BB, but many of my friends seem to swear by them so maybe there's still an opportunity there.