Just what I was waiting for! Thanks, Adam!

So much for accuracy in Best Buy's 2.0 add that was posted on Crackberry last week that indicated Kindle would be included.

Thanks!!!

This is a great post and it will make many happy. However, although I may side load something else, I will never buy from Kindle again.

The promised to be preloaded and then gave us the shaft.

Shaft me? Shaft you Kindle!

Kobo works great for me and I'm sticking with them. I never used Kobo before I got the Playbook but I sure do now.

Besides, who wants to buy from a company that is cheating the system by not carrying their fair tax load.

So will I need to buy anti-virus software for my PB now How does all this side loading effect my security?

This is great. I don't personally have use for them, but I'm sure that there are those that do. I do welcome options though.

What I really want is silverlight compatibility. Also skype and Netflix wouldn't hurt (yes, Netflix is not the only service that uses silverlight). Everyone that I care to video chat with already has a PlayBook, but I'm the minority, so that should help catch the general publics eye.

Really enjoying this OS - eventhough they could have handled synchronization better. I'm sure that is on its way. RemoteControl/Bridge/OpenOn make this all worth it.

Awesome Job Adam !!!

So far 243 different extra apps for playbook pretty wide selection... but for some reason I see this opening a can of worms for the complainers …. My 3rd party app doesn’t work HELP!!!

This may sound silly but I'm not very technical and I'm a new PlayBook owner, is sideloading apps in this way legal (I'm in UK If that makes a difference ) and does it effect the PlayBook warranty. I'd like to try more apps but don't want to mess my PlayBook up

Thank you! I've been answering WAY too many questions about this very thing the last two days. Hopefully this will help!

Not to be the buzz kill here, but some of these apps are paid apps.

So i still need to do all this developer-mode nonsense to sideload?

Why can't appworld just make them available?

do i need to be rooted for this to work

Does anyone know if the Android Rdio app will work on the PlayBook?

Is this available for Mac?

Hey guys I purchased a used playbook but I can't find a usb cable anywhere so can someone tell me where
can I get the right usb cable I would appreciate it thank you
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great post, i added more android apps to my playbook :D

This could have been explained in 3 steps :

Turn on dev mode.
Get Bars, Run Program. (and c'mon, everybody has Java, we played MineCraft allright?)
Configure Program, click Install.

Someone asked about security for side loading and the answers provided where 1) that it is Blackberry and 2) that the side-loaded app is run in Android app player. Whether these answers are correct is up for debate and I am not concern if the Android app will access my PB items. What I am concern about is whether or not the BAR files can contain any malicious code that can have it called home (the original Android app may or may not have malicious is not what I am debating but the process of creating the BAR files is).

Should I be worried about providing my Amazon username/password for the Kindle app that was BAR'ed and that information is sent to the BAR's creator?

Is it safe to do this?? What is the worst thing that will happen?

all these bars have mediafire links... no good.

This may be the single most valuable post in the history of Crackberry. Thanks...and thanks for the links. Works like a charm and I'm not particularly adept at this kind of stuff...so don't be afraid to give it a shot. In fact, I'm a Mac guy and figured it out on my wife's desktop while she was at work. Also found some pics of her and some guy she has apparently been dating, but that's another story. I'm just glad I figured out how to get Kindle on my Playbook. Note that the Java Runtime Environment dealie is probably already up to date on most computers, so you might want to check before you download the install (was already updated on my wife's compy and it's 2 years old and I doubt she does a whole lot of updating of anything other than her boyfriend's photos). Oh, and I'm kidding about the bf and the photos. At least I hope so.

I getting a Java error message when I try to load DDPB. I will not let me load any files. Can anyone confirm it works?

WHAT A MESS !!!!!

Ack! Just side-loaded a couple after installing FIVE email accounts. I couldn't remember my PB password and it just told me it's erasing my PlayBook. About to scream. I haven't used it so long... and the old BB Bold 9700 password wasn't working. Now what? How do I get back to where I was? I'm ready to toss this out the window!

It should offer to EMAIL you a forgotten password; or reset through your registered email. Not just this nuclear option.

your welcome

I have everything installed and running but i can't figure out how to get any ".bar" files downloaded. Feel like such a tool. Nothing is working.

A warning should be in this article that these apps are not all retested as stable. I've tried a couple that force closed so often as to be unusable.

Believe it or not, I called about buying a Kindle today. I am sure glad I did not! Thanks for the information!

I'm scared to try. If anyone knows or can try, would the Onlive app work on the PB?

Has anyone loaded android apps using a Mac without using a virtual machine i.e. Parallels. Can't get the thing to load apps after trying the steps using Playbook-Tools and Terminal....

BPotter The spreadsheet no longer lists a link for the Kindle app. Would someone please post a valid URL? Thanks...

Now at 261 apps! + or - a few that slipped through untested. Not too shabby considering we were at 243 before Megaupload was busted and lost 100 files when it went down.

Please thank the guys doing the converting, they are the ones doing all the hard work.

Thank you adam :)

I am brand new to PB and wanted to sideload some apps however I couldn't find them after they were installed, I tried several times to no avail then purely by chance I turned my PB round to portrait and lo and behold I coould see them on the home screen. So I simply dragged them to the second homescreen reverted to landscape and they were there.

Anyone else seen this ??

Excellent, thanks so much. Almost every Android app i tried works perfect. Yahoo messenger, facebook, pulse, quickoffice, paper toss.!! wow playbook turned into a superbook overnight!! excellent job guys, thanks.

Great Post! . Thanks ... this should complement well what is already an awesome Playbook 2.0!!!

I thought I would wait for them to appear on App World.

For about two seconds.

Then I fired up the Playbook and installed Words With Friends, IM+ Pro (which has the same connection difficulties as the PB version so I deleted it again), Kindle and K-9 Mail for some IMAP folder love.

I used Words with Friends on the beta version of the Android Player (back when you basically installed the entire OS) and it was so slow and buggy then. Now it is flawless. Good job RIM.

And amazing job to all the forum users who are clever enough to make this all happen.

Great !
Many thanks for the clear, simple-to-follow instructions !!

Did anyone try Google maps?? GPS not able to find the location!

Thanks a lot for this post Adam!
A thanks a lot at all people who developed this bar files!

I installed Google maps and Twitter. Both work amazing! Thank you

So from my understanding you still need the launcher app, they won't just appear on the main page?

i run parallels XP on my MAC. But can't get the DDPB installer running. Tried all versions, but it just won't install. i installed correctly the java app.

Anyone else having the same problem ????

HELP !!!!

I installed the Kindle app. Works great.

looking through this list of apps and I'm not seeing what the big deal is about Android Apps. Yeah, there are a half dozen which would be nice to have, but nothing make or break like everyone is on about. The Playbook is nice and getting better all the time. I guess this is just an added bonus.
Is there a list that says what out of all these are must-haves? Being in Canada, some are useless anyway.

Why are there SO many hoops needed to jump through to get a couple of apps that have been out FOREVER and available on MANY other tablets. I'm not unintelligent when it comes to computers and what not... BUT COME ON!! I just want to download a few apps that I can use on my Playbook. I'm sure I'll get scolded for speaking ill of the BB Playbook but before I bought this thing I did my research. Sadly... I skipped over the apps department. Having known what I know now... I would have went ahead, spent a little more $$ and bought the iPad2. I would NOT be having these sorts of issues with it. I WOULD return my Playbook but having ordered it through Blackberry.com, they are extremely strict on their return policy. You open it. It's yours. FOREVER. How am I suppose to know I'll like/dislike something without trying it out?? Whatever.

Anyone interested in purchasing a Playbook?? Lol.

We Need Native Notes app and Todo app on playbook, so that we can use Groovy notes etc to sync with it. My playbook must mimic my phone with basic native apps. I am loving my Playbook 64gb, make me love it more.

This use to work for me on the old o's before the update now sideloading won't work. Do I need to reboot or something

I am still confused as a PB newbie.
I have upgraded to OS 2 (the regular 'normal' software update). Prior to the Feb 21st update, everyone was talking about the "DEVELOPER'S OS2".

1. Do I still have to "Root"/Jailbreak my PB in order to run Android Apps?

2. Do I still need to download the 'developer's OS' to do this?

Why can't Crackberry just wipe out the old threads so as not confuse those who are new to the Android issue? I've been following since December but hadn't really paid much attention to the Android issue as I thought BB would just either create a dual boot option or just have a work around to allow Android on PB without messing with the system. More and more, I am understanding why people are laughing at RIM for stringing users around. They've gotta stop doing this and just address things straight and simple. You'll win consumers right off the bat.

LOoking for .bar file?
LOLOL
http://store.playbookapps.info/

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David Cecil