UPDATED: When Research in Motion first announced it would support Android apps on its PlayBook tablet through an Android App Player, it looked like a good way to broaden the app selection on the tablet. But it’s become increasingly clear that limitations on porting over Android apps will ensure the Android App Player will have less appeal to both Android developers and PlayBook users. In another significant deterrent for developers, Android apps on the PlayBook will not be able to support mobile advertising at launch, a RIM representative said. UPDATE: RIM responded more than two hours after the publication of this story and said it will support ad services that are built into Android apps, but there will not be support for BlackBerry ad services for those apps with the launch of the App Player.

What that means is that Android developers who make free apps will have even less incentive to bring their apps to the PlayBook through the Android App Player, a runtime for Android apps. RIM last year already said that Android apps would also not be able to support in-app purchases when App Player becomes available with PlayBook 2.0 later this month. But without with limited mobile advertising, now the two main ways for developers to monetize their free apps are not available for Android apps on PlayBook, at least at launch. Jeff Gadway, RIM’s Senior Brand & Marketing Communication told me earlier this week those capabilities may be added later. I’ve asked a few times for more clarification about the limitations on Android apps and RIM has not responded.

You would think this would be something that RIM would want to take advantage of.

This is crazy. The Nintendo 3DS which doesn’t have the cell processor that was supposed to be the future of all tech is pushing better graphics than a PS3?

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Shame that all of Apple’s products come from China.