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Question: Can I download Android apps and use them on Playbook?  If so, how do I do it?
Document: It will make a nice travel companion :)UPDATE: after a week of use Im pretty happy with it! All connections (wifi, Bluetooth, Bridge) work flawlessly and Ive managed to download quiet a few applications and games! you can find a lot of sites with games/apps available for the Playbook! (do not rely just on the App World). There is a program called DDPB which will let you "sideload" Android apps to the Playbook!
it's coming in the first upgrade though so relax. i think as an easy take along it is just right. teens should eat this up once it supports  android apps as it runs games and video very very well. easy to learn operating system. all in all i think it is a super deal at $199.update:PROSafter 4 days of use i'm really liking the playbook. i was able to download some books from amazon and store them in the amazon cloud.
I like this device for viewing e-mails. I love all the accessories you can get new for cheap! I don't like the choice of apps from Blackberry. I don't like the long slow start up time or the inability to download Kindle software without doing some techno mumbo jumbo. But I don't use it as much as my Android tablets, where I can read my Kindle books.
When I purchased this tablet, it was the only reasonably priced tablet at 64GB bar none. There are limited apps for this bad boy. You can get android apps which have been converted online. But they are limited and dont always work. Common apps like hangouts, tango, viber, etc have significant problems. AND, in order to get them on your tablet, you have to download them to your PC and use a program to put them on the tablet. It not that outrageously difficult to do.
Bought the BlackBerry Playbook 32gb with dual cameras. This tablet is easy to use...you don't have to be too techno savy to be able to manipulate this one. Excellent screen and graphical display(clear, clean and defined). Great camera and video and the touch screen is very responsive. Long battery life....Only downside is not too many free applications to download as with the other Android tablets. I love my BlackBerry!
Love the Playbook! The quality is amazing and I think RIM made a mistake in getting out of the tablet business. There are plenty of good free apps at Blackberry App World but I also have every Android App I could want loaded on it. They are very easy to side-load. It has complete web capability and FLASH. The browser it comes with is good but download the Origami browser from AppWorld for an even better one.
I did download a bunch of games and none of them appeared in the games "section". The Playbook automatically placed these game icons in the apps "section".I am disappointed with the Playbook and am now stuck with it because Best Buy has a restocking fee. I am still trying to get my hands on a Touchpad but am also feverishly trying to convince my wife to let me buy the Lenovo K1 Android 3.1 tablet (but not without first test driving it at the local Best Buy).
I can also use the "tethering" function and get internet connectivity through my smartphone! I can link up to my PC wirelessly with my PB and upload and download files never leaving my sofa or interrupting hubby while he's on the computer. I know that RIM has taken alot of abuse regarding apps, but they are making headway every day. I love my Blackberry Playbook.
Received playbook ahead of schedule. Works great. Let me say that I use my tablet for email, web browsing, reading books, watching movies, and playing music. I don't play games and I am not interested in most of the apps. One GPS app I downloaded called Navigator was junk.Setup was a bit on the technical side but tou have 90 days support and I got a lot of good info from youtube. Email contacts would not download no matter what recommended method from Blackberry I tried.
can i just say i'm in love? typing this review with the playbook. i just really love it so much. i own a blackberry bold and the bridge and internet tethering is so convenient. i don't need a lot of game apps because i use this primarily for work and business. it has excel, doc and powerpoint to go which is enough for me. you can also download adobe reader for free for pdf docs. it's smooth, compact and sleek.
Answer: http://crackberry.com/sideloading-made-easy-playbook-app-manager-browser-plugin