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Having trouble with the Android Market on the PlayBook?
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Having trouble with the Android Market on the PlayBook?

Posted by Joseph Holder on 7 Jan 2012 4:15 pm
On January 1, we rang in the New Year by bringing you our How-to on installing the Android Market to your BlackBerry PlayBook. From the comments and Tweets, it looks like the guide was a big hit. Congratulations to the many of you who've successfully run and used the Android Market! Not everyone has been met with success, though. In both the comments and forums, we've seen reports of the...
Research In Motion plugs rooting, Android Market loopholes
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Research In Motion plugs rooting, Android Market loopholes

Posted by Joseph Holder on 24 Dec 2011 3:41 pm
  And so the cat & mouse game of tablet rooting continues. As one side moves to break security features, the other side moves to patch those flaws.  Rooted PlayBook owners want access to the hundreds of thousands of Apps available in the Android Market; Research in Motion wants them to get those apps via BlackBerry App World - and not root their PlayBook. In an effort to stymie a...
Rooted BlackBerry PlayBook is able to run the Android Market, check out how to do it
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Rooted BlackBerry PlayBook is able to run the Android Market, check out how to do it

Posted by Jared DiPane on 8 Dec 2011 11:54 am
Rooted your BlackBerry PlayBook but were left wondering why exactly you did it? Well as developers continue to hack away at fun things for us to do with the new found root we know one thing you can do -- install the Android Market! The instructions are a bit complicated, and probably not for everyone but if you are feeling brave today be sure to hop into the forums and check out how it is done...