One of the appealing features of going with
the BlackBerry tablet system is that it allows for pairing with your BlackBerry smartphone - should you happen to own one.
Not exact matches
The
tablet is the only product running the QNX operating
system until the new
BlackBerry handsets are released, and RIM needs developers writing applications for the platform to counteract the perception that
BlackBerry devices suffer from a dearth of apps.
Good has been aggressively pursuing
Blackberry customers; last month it launched a comprehensive «migrate now» program to entice corporate tech chiefs to switch from
Blackberry to Good's
system, which allows companies to manage their corporate email and other software on Apple (AAPL) iPhones and
tablets and devices running on Google's (GOOG) Android operating
system as well as Microsoft (MSFT) «s Windows mobile platform.
The influx of personal mobile gadgets like smartphones, iPads, and
tablets, as well as the emergence of compatible operating
systems such as Android, iOS, Windows Phone,
BlackBerry, Firefox OS, etc has influenced the e-Learning field considerably.
On the newly launched PlayBook Webpage, RIM claims the
tablet's operating
system takes advantage of «powerful, user - friendly QNX technology,» confirming earlier rumors that the company's new
BlackBerry 6 OS would not be adapted for the larger format.
When the iPad launched, there were basically five main
tablet operating systems to pick from: Apple's iOS, Google's Android, Microsoft's Windows, RIM's BlackBerry Tablet OS and HP / Palm's
tablet operating
systems to pick from: Apple's iOS, Google's Android, Microsoft's Windows, RIM's
BlackBerry Tablet OS and HP / Palm's
Tablet OS and HP / Palm's webOS.
Executives have been strongly desiring a
Blackberry version of a
Tablet in order to maintain high encryption
systems.
BlackBerry, nee RIM, has confirmed that its PlayBook
tablet will be getting an update to the
BlackBerry 10 operating
system, although has not gone as far as saying when exactly that will happen.
The 7 - inch BlackPad is going to be a touch screen
tablet, but for a change, this BlackPad won't be running on the
BlackBerry OS, it is believed that this
tablet is going to run on a new Operating
System which will be developed...
The plan is that Playbooks operating
system is the future of all
Blackberry phones and RIMs future
tablets.
While we all know the recently launched
tablet PC — PlayBook — from RIM employs a version of the QNX software, what is all the more interesting is the recent revelation that the QNX operating
system will eventually take over from all the legacy
BlackBerry OS that, until now, can be seen running the show in the entire range of
BlackBerry smartphones.
The
BlackBerry PlayBook is
BlackBerry's first
tablet and their first device using a brand new QNX - powered operating
system.
The confirmation came at the
BlackBerry Developer's Conference (DEVCON) in San Francisco when a senior RIM executive let it slip that the QNX Operating
System will be the standard OS in all
BlackBerry branded
tablets or smartphones of the future.
The operating
system has already been beaten to the
tablet market by Apple's iOS, Google's Android, as well as
BlackBerry's fading PlayBook
tablet and Hewlett - Packard's WebOS that's at death's door.
The OS was ultimately acquired by
BlackBerry RIM in 2010, and the Canadian OEM's mobile branch made use of the QNX operating
system one year later to create the
BlackBerry Tablet OS for the PlayBook t
Tablet OS for the PlayBook
tablettablet.
Research In Motion launched
BlackBerry BBX at the developer's DevCon event in America — as the next generation of their mobile platform, which takes the best parts of the
BlackBerry 7 operating
system and their
tablet QNX platform.
Canadian mobile phone maker RIM has unveiled the next iteration of the operating
system that drives their handsets and
tablets, which will be known as
BlackBerry BBX.
RIM had initially said it would launch the new
BlackBerry 10 phones, which will use the same operating
system as the company's poor - selling PlayBook
tablet, early this year.
In an interview yesterday, he downplayed
tablet computing in what looks to be an indicator that
BlackBerry will drop the PlayBook, its own lame duck
tablet and the first of its devices to sport a QNX - based operating
system.
However, with the comeback of the company's fortune through the release of the
BlackBerry 10 operating
system as well as the Z10 smartphone, it is natural for the company to start sniffing at the lucrative
tablet segment as well.
In fact, the
tablet will also support
BlackBerry Java apps all of which will be in addition to the native apps based on the PlayBook's QNX operating
system.
The 7 - inch BlackPad is going to be a touch screen
tablet, but for a change, this BlackPad won't be running on the
BlackBerry OS, it is believed that this
tablet is going to run on a new Operating
System which will be developed by QNX Software
Systems.
QNX's
BlackBerry Tablet OS is a Unix - based
system, which runs on a microkernel.
That
BlackBerry Tablet OS is actually powered by a
system called QNX, an operating
system that can be found in countless devices around the world making sure, as the company's founder said in a deep dive session at RIM's developer conference in San Francisco, that the «world stays working».
Research In Motion is to utilise the Unix - like operating
system of QNX Software in its forthcoming
tablet, rather than running its own latest mobile OS,
BlackBerry 6.
Like the
Blackberry Playbook, despite a operating
system like Sailfish, you can still run Android apps on this
tablet, even though it doesn't have access to the Google Play store.
RIM, the makers of
BlackBerry have launched a new
tablet device called the BlackBerry PlayBook, and with it a new operating system which is currently going by the moniker of the BlackBerry Tabl
tablet device called the
BlackBerry PlayBook, and with it a new operating
system which is currently going by the moniker of the
BlackBerry TabletTablet OS.
I have to admit, I'm really excited to see what RIM has to show for a
tablet and what it will bring, especially now that we know it's rockin» an OS by QNX Software
Systems and not an enlarged version of
BlackBerry 6 as we assumed at WES.
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion brings together the market - leading
BlackBerry ® Enterprise Server (version 5.0.3) for
BlackBerry smartphones; new management capabilities for
BlackBerry PlayBook
tablets built on
BlackBerry Enterprise Server technology; and mobile device management for smartphones and
tablets running Android and iOS operating
systems.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. could unveil its new
tablet computer — as well as the operating
system that will power it — as early as next week at a developers» conference in San Francisco, said people familiar with RIM's plans.
The Verge has run with the first - ever photo of the next iteration of
BlackBerry devices, which is based on the upcoming BBX operating
system with its QNX roots — from the PlayBook
tablet.
In addition to the v1.0.5 update to the operating
system that the PlayBook has received, the Facebook app on the
BlackBerry PlayBook has been given a major boost, adding a whole bunch of new features that bring the
tablet PlayBook experience closer to the one on the desktop.
He added that PlayBook is not «just a
tablet,» it is a gateway to the «mobile computing platform» and that
BlackBerry 10 is not just a new operating
system but «a whole new infrastructure.»
RIM will push its
BlackBerry 10 operating
system to the Playbook
tablet, according to the company's Rob Orr
The only area where the
BlackBerry Playbook beats it is in the operating
system and this is because the QNX
Tablet OS is such a feature - rich and intuitive platform.
The
tablet will be closely integrated with the
BlackBerry's e-mail
system and will have similar security for messaging, the person said.
The PlayBook runs RIM's new
BlackBerry Tablet OS, based on software from RIM subsidiary QNX, which builds operating
systems for everything from in - dash car appliances to electric guitars.
BlackBerry Blend is launching today on the
BlackBerry ® Passport and the Porsche Design P» 9983 from
BlackBerry ®, and will work across desktop operating
systems, including Mac OS X 10.7 +, iPad
tablets running iOS 7 +, Windows 7 + and Android
tablets running Android 4.4 +.
BlackBerry Blend is being introduced on the
BlackBerry Passport and will work across desktop operating
systems, including Mac OS X 10.7 +, Windows ® 7 + and Android ™
tablets running Android 4.4 + via cellular, USB or Wi - Fi connections.
Building on years of leading enterprise mobility management solutions from RIM,
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion will simplify the management of smartphones and
tablets running
BlackBerry (R), Google (R) Android (R) and Apple (R) iOS (R) operating
systems.
The company just announced that the new
BlackBerry Tablet OS 2.0 won't arrive until February 2012, much less the firm's high - flying next - gen operating
system, BBX.
Ever since
BlackBerry 10 was launched, analysts and tech journalists have focused not on whether a
tablet device featuring the new operating
system would be released, but the when.
Bloomberg is reporting that the rumored
BlackBerry tablet, dubbed the BlackPad, will run an operating
system designed by QNX Software; QNX is the software company RIM acquired back in April.
BlackBerry Blend works across desktop operating
systems, including Mac OS X 10.7 +, Windows ® 7 + and Android ™
tablets running Android 4.4 + via cellular, USB or Wi - Fi connections.
Oct. 18, 2011: RIM unveils a new operating
system, combining existing
BlackBerry elements with RIM's previously announced QNX operating
system for phones and
tablet computers.
A report filed by Bloomberg citing its own sources has confirmed that the next generation of
BlackBerry hardware which will run QNX as its operating
system will also include support for Android apps by being bundled with the same emulator as the one being pushed to the PlayBook
tablet in an update next month.
Its sole product, the
BlackBerry brand — including the smartphone range and the
BlackBerry OS operating
system, though not so much the
BlackBerry PlayBook
tablet anymore — keeps the company afloat.
Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) said Monday it is recalling around 1,000 PlayBook
tablet computers because of an operating
system issue.
The
tablet will not, the paper's sources say, use the RIM's
BlackBerry 6 operating
system.
Presumably, the
tablet will run a version of RIM's
BlackBerry 6 operating
system, about which the company released a new teaser video yesterday, and will include the WebKit browser The Reg told you about this February.