The smartphone maker owns an operating system
called QNX, which has a reputation for reliability and security.
On the connectivity front, it is expected to include Wi - Fi and Bluetooth and run on a new operating system
called QNX rather than the company's BlackBerry 6 OS.
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».
Now, users will see the new features in Blackberry's forthcoming mobile phones which would entirely be based on a new operating system
called QNX.
Not exact matches
Lazaridis is referring to the fact that RIM is developing a new generation of devices based on the
QNX operating system, which the company
calls «super phones.»
Every time I come here, our partners
call me, and customers
call me, they really really want to work with us on
QNX.
They are based on an open source program
called SmartDeviceLink and many other companies are starting to adopt it, such as
QNX, and UIEvolution
Featuring a 7 - inch display, running an OS based on
QNX technology, and offering WiFi and 3G connectivity via a BlackBerry smartphone, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis
called it the industry's first enterprise - ready tablet.
QNX - based BlackBerry 10 is an extremely competitive mobile operating system already, said Heins,
calling the acquisition «very valuable to RIM».
It features a new OS
called BlackBerry Tablet OS, (the result of RIM's acquisition of
QNX earlier this year), and is packed with hardware goodies.
On the recent RIM earnings
call one of the most unexpected things said by RIM's Founder and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis was this: «Well, we've got a lot of planned announcements at DevCon in October, and we've got — we'll be announcing our new development platform for
QNX and our
QNX - based phones.
You'll
call me crazy, but I prefer the BlackBerry
QNX UI to what Honeycomb has to offer so far.
Delphi — a global supplier of technologies for the vehicle market — will utilize its turnkey self - driving system
called the Centralized Sensing Localization Planning platform (CSLP) while BlackBerry
QNX will provide an operating system that is certified to dish out high levels of safety for Delphi's CSLP system.