BlueStacks App Player lets you run Android apps on Windows PC

[Bob369963]

[h=4]BlueStacks App Player lets you run Android apps on Windows PCs or tablets (video)[/h] By Amar Toor posted Oct 11th 2011 8:15AM

If you've been dreaming of a world where Android apps are free to roam across your Windows desktop, you're in luck, because BlueStacks has just turned your reverie into reality. Today, the startup unveiled an alpha version of its App Player -- software that allows users to run a host of Android apps on Windows PCs, tablets or desktops, without requiring them to make modifications to their original OS. Available as a free download, this early test version comes pre-loaded with ten apps, and can support an extra 26, on top of that. BlueStacks' free Cloud Connect app, meanwhile, allows you to port third-party apps directly from your handset to your computer, though some games, including Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja, are prohibited. Those, it turns out, will be included under a paid version of the App Player, which BlueStacks hopes to launch at a later date. You can take the free software for a spin at the source link below, or meander past the break for a demo video, along with a pair of press releases.


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[RainMotorsports]

I think weve just been dreaming of a day we can test our applications on our development machines with real speed. Name of this project sounds familiar.

What sucks is you know your not going to be able to run most apps that you own without rebuying them or some illegitmate scheme.

 

[Bob369963]

My thoughts were that with everyone using multiple apps on their phones now a days, that some of them might come in handier than the actual apps for on your PC. I hope you don't have to repurchase them, but there are ways around that for some of them. I personally don't have a smart phone, but I can see that if the app is a stripped down version for use on a phone it may be more useful running that app rather than the actual full blown app. Time will tell.