Editing BlackBerry (section)

=== Third-party software ===
Third-party software available for use on BlackBerry devices includes full-featured [[database management systems]], which can be used to support [[customer relationship management]] clients and other applications that must manage large volumes of potentially complex data.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wireless.sys-con.com/node/590908 |title=Maximizer Software Partners with McObject to Improve Mobile CRM on BlackBerry Devices |date=June 19, 2008  |website=Wireless Business & Technology |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603040430/http://wireless.sys-con.com/node/590908  |archive-date=June 3, 2009}}</ref>

In March 2011, RIM announced an optional [[Android (operating system)|Android]] player that could play applications developed for the Android system would be available for the [[BlackBerry PlayBook]], RIM's first entry in the tablet market.<ref>
{{cite news
| url = https://www.engadget.com/2011/03/24/rim-adds-android-app-support-to-blackberry-playbook/
| title = RIM adds Android app support to BlackBerry PlayBook via 'optional app player'
| work = [[Engadget]]
| date = March 24, 2011
| access-date = October 21, 2011
| quote = You read that right – RIM just announced that its forthcoming BlackBerry PlayBook will support both BlackBerry Java and Android apps.
| last=Murphy |first=Darryl
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110926112506/http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/24/rim-adds-android-app-support-to-blackberry-playbook
| archive-date = September 26, 2011 | url-status=live
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://crackberry.com/press-release-rim-expands-application-ecosystem-blackberry-playbook-android-apps-playbook
| title = Press Release: RIM Expands Application Ecosystem for BlackBerry PlayBook – Android Apps on Playbook!!!
| work = [[Crackberry]]
| date = March 24, 2011
| access-date = October 21, 2011
| quote = Android apps won't come from Google Play itself, but rather Android developers will simply have to repackage, code sign and submit their BlackBerry Java and Android apps to BlackBerry App World from where users will be able to download the apps.
 |last=Michaluk |first=Kevin
}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |url = https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/android/
 |title = Repackage your apps for blackberry playbook
 |work = BlackBerry
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120105153741/https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/android/
 |url-status = dead
 |archive-date = January 5, 2012
 |access-date = October 21, 2011
}}</ref>

On August 24, 2011 ''[[Bloomberg News]]'' reported unofficial rumors that BlackBerry devices would be able to run Android applications when RIM brings QNX and the Android App Player to BlackBerry.<ref name="Bloomberg2011-08-24">
{{cite news
|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-24/blackberry-said-to-get-android-apps-as-rim-seeks-to-widen-device-s-appeal.html
|title = BlackBerrys Said to Get Android Apps as RIM Seeks Sales Boost
|work = [[Bloomberg News]]
|date = August 24, 2011
|access-date = October 21, 2011
|quote = Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), seeking to boost the appeal of its BlackBerrys and revive slowing sales, plans to enable models expected next year to run applications built for Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Android operating system, three people familiar with the plan said.
|last1=Miller |first1=Hugo |last2=Kharif |first2=Olga
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110925010335/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-24/blackberry-said-to-get-android-apps-as-rim-seeks-to-widen-device-s-appeal.html
|archive-date = September 25, 2011 |url-status=live
}}
</ref><ref name="BusinessReader2011-08-24">
{{cite web
 |url = http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-08-24/tech/30049567_1_qnx-android-apps-app-world
 |title = BlackBerry Phones Will Get Android Apps – Bloomberg
 |website = [[Business Insider]]
 |date = August 24, 2011
 |access-date = October 21, 2011
 |quote = RIM will add access to Android apps on BlackBerry phones that run its new QNX operating system, Bloomberg reports.
 |last = Kovach
 |first = Steve
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110925010335/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-24/blackberry-said-to-get-android-apps-as-rim-seeks-to-widen-device-s-appeal.html
 |archive-date = September 25, 2011
 |url-status = dead}}
</ref><ref name="Reuters2011-08-25">
{{cite news
| url = https://www.reuters.com/article/rim-idUSL4E7JP03S20110825
| title = RIM's newer phones to get Android apps
| work = Reuters
| date = August 25, 2011
| access-date = October 21, 2011
| quote = The Canadian company plans to have the Android player already in the QNX-running phones when they go on sale rather than available as an upgrade, the report said.
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111101002221/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/25/rim-idUSL4E7JP03S20110825
| archive-date = November 1, 2011 |url-status=live
}}
</ref><ref name="PcWorld2011-08-25">{{cite news
 |url = http://www.pcworld.com/article/238786/android_apps_for_blackberrys_may_be_lackluster.html
 |title = Android Apps for BlackBerrys May Be Lackluster
 |work = [[PC World]]
 |date = August 25, 2011
 |access-date = October 21, 2011
 |quote = We're still waiting for Research in Motion to allow Android apps to run on its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, as promised last March, but a new report says these apps will eventually run on future BlackBerry phones as well.
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110926210246/http://www.pcworld.com/article/238786/android_apps_for_blackberrys_may_be_lackluster.html
 |archive-date = September 26, 2011
 |url-status = dead
}}</ref>
On October 20, 2011, RIM officially announced that Android applications could run, unmodified, on the BlackBerry tablet and the newest BlackBerry phones, using the newest version of its operating system.<ref name="DailyMaverick2011-10">
{{cite news
| url = http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2011-10-21-bbx-blackberrys-latest-purported-saviour
| title = BBX, BlackBerry's latest purported saviour
| work = [[Daily Maverick]]
| date = October 21, 2011
| access-date = October 21, 2011
| quote = Rui Brites, the director for product management in Africa told iMaverick that the new BBX system was RIM's way of securing its future. "With BBX, we've opened up in a big way," he said. "We have over 400,000 developers worldwide and have now developed tools for Android developers to submit their apps to the BlackBerry App World without needing to recode."
}}
</ref><ref name="ZimbabweTelegraph2011-10-21">{{cite news
 |url = http://www.zimtelegraph.com/?p=2234
 |title = BlackBerry maker's area developer unit to fill gap
 |work = [[Zimbabwe Telegraph]]
 |date = October 21, 2011
 |access-date = October 21, 2011
 |quote = The company introduced its BlackBerry BBX operating system on Tuesday, combining features from the existing BlackBerry platform and the QNX software it bought last year. The system, which doesn't have a release date, includes new programming tools like HTML5 designed to make building apps easier.
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120106003036/http://www.zimtelegraph.com/?p=2234
 |url-status = dead
 |archive-date = January 6, 2012
}}</ref><!-- ref name=TorStar2011-10-20>
{{cite news
| url = https://www.thestar.com/business/article/1073501--rim-evangelists-court-app-developers-in-silicon-valley
| title = RIM evangelists court app developers in Silicon Valley
| work = [[Toronto Star]]
| date = October 20, 2011
| access-date = October 21, 2011
| last=Goddard |first=John
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111023003103/http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1073501--rim-evangelists-court-app-developers-in-silicon-valley
| url-status = live
| archive-date = October 23, 2011
}}
</ref -->