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BlackBerry had of no doubt being working seriously hard to get the attention of the press and fans and their efforts are actually being rewarded with good response. BlackBerry 10.2.1 OS is a great and very fluid OS and amongst its features comes new features that allow you to download and run Android apps officially as shown in the BlackBerry Z10 above running Google Play Store app. Also, we noticed a new drop-down menu just like Android. A new feature of 10.2.1 is that it allows one to either swipe down to receive an incoming call or swipe up to reject the call. All we can see from this new 10.2.1 OS is Android ICS. It seems as though BlackBerry is going to gradually transform the BB10 OS to another form of Android operating system or what can you deduce from the pictures? Maybe we're wrong, you can state your own opinions below in the comments section. Like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter to join in the conversation.

There had been rumors of Google and BlackBerry having talks on how to allow the execution of Android apps on BlackBerry devices officially.  It is "officially" in the sense that normally, one could easily side-load, that is, install android apps into BlackBerry phones unofficially. For example you could convert some apk files into bar files and then install them on BlackBerry PlayBook. However, with the emergence of BlackBerry 10 OS, it became even easier to side-load these Android apps on BlackBerry 10 devices due to the Android runtime environment baked into them with substantial restrictions; Most of these side-loading of android apps are done non-officially. Now, with the emergence of BlackBerry 10.2.1 update, it seems that BlackBerry is taking these limitations off the Android runtime baked into BB10 OS. Thus its easier to run android apps. Perhaps, one of the reasons for this is because there is talks between Google and BlackBerry to officially allow ...