no playbook for crappy apps...goddamn

How does one qualify as a developer??
Does being able to think of new apps count??

Just kidding! Wish I were one, so I could snag a back-up Playbook! :D

Ok.... If they're giving free playbooks out to who knows how many fart-app-makers.... I sure hope they're also spending some quality money on getting the good apps like skype and netflix... Seriously RIM... If Nintendo can do it, surely you can too.

Android developers would probably be looking at androidcentral.com -- this should be posted there!

Oh, man. Crash course. I am becoming a developer right this minute.

I was wondering if they would do something like this again before the release of OS2. Looks like OS2 is a go.

Now watch the real hate on and bad mouthing begin the the next two weeks, starting right here on this thread.

"OS2 won't save it", "It's too late", "Still doesn't have X,Y, and Z", etc...

If Kev meant what he said earlier, then he and the other mods better don their banning hats.

This is getting worst. Begging Android developers. RIM should just cut all the crap and start promoting its own NDK instead of wasting money on crappy android. Take a look at all the crap that has been ported to the PB on appworld.

I think this is a great idea. Developers(Geeks) love free tech! So why not? Yes it does suck that it promotes the Android ports more than the native code, but as the base gets established more and more the devs will pick up and start writing native apps, because the base of units in the public hands will grow significantly.

I don't know what the return on this will be, but I do agree that if you can get a PlayBook in the hands of an Android dev..you might just tempt them to code native.

does this means handster.inc is going to get like 892734987 playbooks?

When the Android player was first announced, I was excited for it. Now that I've tinkered with it in Beta, my one big request is that there be some way of seeing in App World that it is an Android app before you buy. I really don't want to pay for something that wasn't actually built for the PlayBook unless I absolutely need it and there are no native or even Flash options.

Well so much for the 17th. Looking more like the last week of February now.

i actually dont think that is such a bad idea. True, we could end up with tons of useless fart apps and what not in the appworld. But for some of the more quality developers, it will encourage them to spend the time to port their apps over and get themselves a free playbook. I'm sure they'll definitely play around with the playbook. if they like the playbook, they MIGHT end up developing native apps for the playbook. But, on the other hand, if it's that easy to port their android app over. They might just do android apps first and then port it over.

not the best of plans, but at least RIM is trying.

back to old moves!!!... they said before until feb 6 and now until the 13, i think this will be done by march. please rim get it together this time and dont fail a realeased date again!!!

Ok, can we stop with all the "fart app" stuff already? That's been so played... And anyway, who doesn't like a good fart app!

The 17th could still be a go! By getting the big push for apps complete by the 13th, that gives RIM 4 days to dedicate their App World people to rapid testing and approving apps for releasee date.

Ya never know...

It still is the 6th, check the developer blog.

"In order to ensure that your packaged and signed Android app is available in the BlackBerry App World™ storefront for the release of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, be sure to have your app submitted by Monday, February 6th, 2012."

That tweet mentions absolutely nothing about launch. Just that if you submit an app by a certain time you get a new playbook. Simples

This just gives people incentive to make a crap android app and convert it for the playbook. RIM needs to use the money to bribe bigger apps to come over instead of this stuff. Also as a native dev I'm insulted that if I submit an app I get nothing but android devs do get something. Just saying this could have a largely negative effect....

How would this affect the release date??? This is just an incentive offered to Android developers to encourage more apps. Devs still have until the 6th to submit their apps in time for the release date, that hasn't changed.

Honestly, people get on their case for a lack of marketting and apps and when RIM does make moves to increase marketing, exposure and plans to bring more apps to the platform and you still get on their case. This made all the worse when it is criticism without suggesting alternative or better options.

Take a valium people, really,

Is it for everybody or just for Americans?

Is RIM proactive to take care of this issue?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020466220457719942048448502...

Another free Playbook for Developer deal. The one that they did the first time produced a lot of crap apps IMHO, the Plinko app from the Apple fanboy that did a horrible unboxing video of his free Playbook and trashed it comes to mind. They really need to put some caveats on this to only give them out for quality apps.

Any word if the Kindle App is being Ported over? I'm using the cloud reader but the App would be a lot less trouble.