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RIM showing first demo of its Android compatibility layer for Playbook
- Aissen 16y agoApparently it needs re-compilation in order to work. One more hassle (but makes sense nonetheless). This is a controlled demo environment, yet RIM fails to show the interesting things: how will Intents ("Share This") integrate, how about apps relying on Google APIs (Maps, CD2M) ? There's also no demo of 3D Apps, NDK apps, Video-playing, Accelerometer and Camera. Or the more os-integrated features like contacts sync adapters, SMS, widgets, live wallpapers. Even the pervasive notifications are left out. I hope RIM still has tricks up its sleeve or this compatibility layer will sink into oblivion before it's even released. It will be stuck in the niche for small apps and compete with HTML-based solutions like Appcelerator Titanium.