Native x86 Android runtime will enable Android apps on Windows

[J_RaD]

The BlueStacks runtime makes it possible for Android programs to run in individual windows and be launched from shortcuts like any other standalone Windows application. It also optionally offers the ability to run a complete Android user experience on Windows, including the launcher and other elements. Third-party applications that are built against the standard Android APIs don't have to be recompiled in order to work with the BlueStacks runtime. Users can even install conventional Android software from Amazon's Android Appstore and run it on Windows.

Such a product would offer the full power and multitasking capabilities of Windows but also benefit from having access to Android's broad touch-enabled software ecosystem.

[bluestacks.com...]

[Leosghost]

Interesting that their sign up for alpha page ( which is on facebook ..not their own site ) "isn't" a "sign up for alpha page"..no way to "sign up" ..but you can hit a "like" button ..based upon what ?

It has to exist ..one has to be able to "sign up" or download and try , before one can "like".

I like the idea of Unicorns ..doesn't mean I can get one to ride along the beach near my house.

[J_RaD]

ha! i just saw that its like a trick....sign up, like us, then you can sign up!

hey sorry bluestacks i wanna sign up but I don't use facebook....now what? I also don't know if I like it without signing up!

[graeme_p]

Someone was working on something similar for Linux a while ago.

I would rather forget Android and install a less limited OS on a tablet - but I have been unable to find a cheap tablet that lets you do that (Archos does, but its very beta).