BlackBerry Limited (BB)

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Speaking of apps, I'm looking forward to seeing how the ported Android apps work. Apparently the BB10 OS sports a JVM (Java Virtual Machine)and a Java Android Runtime, making it (apparently) dead simple to port an Android app over to BB10.

First, the good news: if you have an existing Android app you may be able to run it on BB10 via a simple conversion process. We have tried and tested this route and it’s very effective for apps that primarily fetch and display content. You can even do an on-line compatibility check and conversion: https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/android/bpaa/. There’ll be some UI tweaking but that’s minimal effort compared to a complete re-write.

The bad news: if your app uses NFC, Audio, Contacts, SMS, or other types of phone integration, you’re out of luck. These functions won’t be supported and you’ll have to do some development.

http://www.penrillian.com/blog/what-does-BB10-launch-mean

http://developer.blackberry.com/android/apisupport/

http://www.newyyz.com/ntgsite/2012/07/3782/


Also interesting:

With BB10, the NDK is provided to write code completely in low level C. This, with BB10's support for all POSIX compliant libraries, makes BB10 a great target for porting OpenGL games written in C or C++.