Research in Motion wants Android programmers to make apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook so badly that it’s handing out the tablets for free.
All an Android programmer has to do to get one is make a PlayBook app and submit it to RIM’s app store, BlackBerry App World, by Feb.13, said Alec Saunders, vice president of developer relations at RIM, in a posting to Twitter. The reason RIM is seeking Android apps is because it made the PlayBook software system compatible with Android apps.
This app-for-a-tablet trade could be a quick way for RIM to expand its app catalog, which has about 51,000 apps, according to Distimo, a research firm. For comparison, owners of Apple’s iPad have access to 156,000 tablet apps, and 458,000 iPhone apps.
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