BlackBerry Playbook Simulator

Assessing the performance of software solutions prior to releasing them to the larger audience is a must and all developers who take their job seriously perform such tests using the appropriate tools.
When it comes to applications created for platforms other than the PC, things may be a little more complicated, especially if the target device is not available for use as a testing environment. Nonetheless, there are quite a few workarounds for that issue and using device emulators or simulators should do the trick for everyone.
BlackBerry Playbook Simulator is one such utility and, as its name suggests, it is tailored for a specific platform. More precisely, this piece of kit will make it possible for programmers to put their code to the test inside an environment that imitates a real life tablet from BlackBerry.
It functions as a virtual machine and with BlackBerry Playbook Simulator developers will be able to view their apps in action, test them in any way possible and, whenever necessary, debug the applications on the spot. The simulator relies on VMware Player and expects it to be installed in order to open the disk image containing the BlackBerry Playbook environment.
For those who are looking for some detailed documentation and tips on how to use the simulator to its fullest, there are some online resources which refer mainly to the BlackBerry 10 simulator, but many things explained in there apply to this particular software solution as well.System requirementsVMware player