DrCaleb DrCaleb:
Curtman Curtman:
Why spend more on a slower more expensive BB, to turn it into an Android?
Because not everyone is content to let big corporations into our lives so they they can try to sell us stuff we don't want and can't afford?
And, as the article says, "BlackBerry needs competitiveness today, not jam tomorrow" so using Android apps in their native format gets rid of the stigma that 'there are no apps for it'.
He was talking about running a linux environment chroot on a BB phone. I understand why BB wants to run android apps, but think it will work about as well as it worked out for OS/2 running windows apps.
I would suggest that getting an Android phone, and
running Ubuntu on it would be a better solution for the tin-foil-hat crowd. They're just as much of a data-sucking-corporation, but at least it's open software. You can turn off the nasty bits if you want. Or stick with a roll-your-own Android.
The corporations will suck your data through the apps, so what difference would it make using android apps on blackberry?
The chances of running anything but a Blackberry OS on your blackberry phone aren't good.
Public_Domain Public_Domain:
Current tablet has no opportunities for fully vetted custom firmware to be installed.
You still have the Asus Transformer? The newer ones are easier to load custom firmware, but AFAIK they all can.