Official Statement From RIM About The Leaked Android App Player For The BlackBerry PlayBook

By Mauricio

I was wondering if RIM would issue a statement since they finally got to killing the link for the leaked Android App Player for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Before they killed it, though, we saw a good amount of it including an email client, browser and other apps, and a hands on video. According to RIM, this version of the Android App Player shouldn’t be used:

“An older version of the Android App Player beta software for the BlackBerry PlayBook was inadvertently posted and has since been removed.  We recommend that users refrain from downloading and installing this software since it is outdated and non-functional in many respects.  The official beta release of the Android App Player for the BlackBerry PlayBook is on track for release later this summer.”

There you have it. Unless you like running software that might mess up your device, you should probably remove it before something happens to your PlayBook. Hopefully “later this summer” isn’t so much later for the official release.