Here's What Android Applications On The BlackBerry PlayBook Won't Do

We’ve been hearing about Android apps on the BlackBerry PlayBook for months, nevertheless there hasn’t been much word about what they’ll look like. RIM engineers at Droidcon gave a list of Android features that won’t work on the BkackBerry platform.

The chopping block

Here’s what’s on the chopping block: widgets and live wallpapers, apps with Google Maps integration, apps with in-app billing, cloud-based messaging services, and apps that were built with the Android Native Development Kit, using SIP or VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) SIP. The restrictions rest on the fact that the Android App Player is as a matter of fact just emulating the Android platform on BlackBerry OS, so intrinsically apps won’t be able to behave as even though they’re running on a true Android system.

The list of concrete compatibility concerns probably means that the implementation is in short, in the long run coming shortly. Nevertheless even with the heavy discounts to the PlayBook, it’s after all way more expensive than the new Kindle Fire, with a less expansive marketplace and a Messianic feature set that’s resting on Android emulation. [Crackberry]