Today, BlackBerry announced the final release of its Tablet OS SDK for Adobe Air, the WebWorks 2.0 SDK for Tablets and Smartphones, and its answer to the iPad and Android tablets – the PlayBook.
The WebWorks SDK 2.0 includes JavaScript APIs, which are separated from the OS according to a release from RIM. WebWorks framework and the APIs associated with it are open sourced and available on GitHub. WebWorks works with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to build BlackBerry applications and then the applications can also be used on the PlayBook tablet.
Do you think these software development kits will help developers create new applications for BlackBerry? If you’re a developer, do you think WebWorks gives you more flexibility?
The PlayBook has been reviewed all over the Web, here’s one from Engadget.
Updated 4/29 - According to BlackBerry's Developer Blog, Android applications will be supported through "application player" apps, available in the BlackBerry App World as of summer 2011.