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Sideload This

Adam Zeis — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:54:14 +0000

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Sideload This is a CrackBerry series that highlights the best Android applications to load up on your BlackBerry device. While there is an amazing selection of games and apps in BlackBerry World, sometimes there are certain apps that just aren't available. Luckily, BlackBerry users have the option to sideload Android applications to their device. We don't condone loading up any paid apps, but we'll be checking out the best free Android apps that we deem worth of using on a BlackBerry device.

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Dear Berry: Does sideloading Android apps on my BlackBerry void my warranty?

Dear Berry — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:29:28 +0000

I've had a number of users write in asking me about sideloading. While we have some great tutorials on how to load Android applications to your BlackBerry PlayBook or BlackBerry 10 phone from a Windows PC or Mac, some users were wondering not just how to do it, but also if this will void the warranty on the device.

Sideloading made easy with the PlayBook App Manager Browser Plugin

DJ Reyes — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:17:26 +0000

We have already covered a few ways to sideload your favourite apps onto you BlackBerry PlayBook here on CrackBerry, both for Mac and PC but some people are not too comfortable with command prompts. That's where the PlayBook App Manager Browser Plugin comes in.

Developed by a member of our forums, CrackOp, PlayBook App Manager makes sideloading app onto your PlayBook as easy as dragging and dropping the .BAR file into a web interface. It's fast, it's easy, you'll be sideloading in no time.

Fantasy Football on your BlackBerry PlayBook

Adam Zeis — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:47:38 +0000

Want NFL or Yahoo! Fantasy Football on your PlayBook - Here's how!

Football season is just a few short long weeks away, and fans everywhere are gearing up. One thing on my checklist is my fantasy football team -- I plan to stay on top of things this year and thankfully I can grab the Yahoo! Fantasy Football app for my BlackBerry PlayBook. To get the app installed you'll have to sideload it since it's not available directly in BlackBerry App World, but it's working like a champ for me thus far and is sure to be at my side all seaon long.

If you want to get Yahoo! or NFL Fantasy Football up and running on your BlackBerry PlayBook, just grab the .bar files here and here and keep reading for how to get it done!

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How to play Scramble With Friends on the BlackBerry PlayBook

Adam Zeis — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:15:33 +0000

Download and Install Scramble With Friends on the BlackBerry PlayBook!

Want to play Scramble With Friends on your BlackBerry PlayBook? If you have a few minutes to spare and a bit of tech knowledge, you can do just that. With just a few steps you can install Scramble With Friends on your BlackBerry PlayBook and you'll boggling for hours on end. Just head into the CrackBerry forums and pick up the latest Scramble With Friends BAR file, then keep reading to get it up and running on your PlayBook!

CrackBerry Asks: How important is side loading to you?

Jared DiPane — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:37:03 +0000

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*Update from Kevin: I reached out to RIM to get further clarification on RIM's future plans for sideloading. RIM clarified that they have not officially announced their longterm sideloading strategy as of yet, and for now it is at it always was. That said, they are going to look at ways of reducing piracy which may or may not include changing the ability to sideload apps. As a first step, RIM did say they are going to introduce a feature in an upcoming release of the PlayBook OS that will encrypt apps so they can only be run by the user who purchased the app. *

As we now know, RIM plans to remove the ability to side load applications in an upcoming update to the BlackBerry PlayBook. While I have already outlined why they may be doing this, and shared some opinions, we want to know from a calm, cool, and collected CrackBerry Nation how you feel about this. Now that you have had some time to soak in the news, read the benefits, and think of how it may negatively affect you, let's hear it. Are you happy, sad, mad, glad, or does this not impact you in the least?