It would run on the newly acquired
QNX OS which is a rock - solid UNIX core operating system famed for its stability and robustness.
The telco emailed interested punters that RIM's 7in,
QNX OS - based slate will not be available after all, saying it had issues with the «end to end customer experience» offered by the gadget, Engadget reports.
Further complicating this is RIM's plan to switch from the BlackBerry OS to a new one based on
the QNX OS.
THAT»S why I'm excited about the Playbook — testbed for
the QNX OS.
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the QNX OS QNX was developed to perform all of its functions with a set of microkernels, rather than a single kernel.
RIM will be updating
QNX OS for this edition, and the update will include the calendar app, native email, and other new BlackBerry apps.
It's not deniable that RIM is putting out a tablet with very high specs and cosmetically looks great with its new stable
QNX OS as well, but email and calendar functionality is huge deal and people aren't happy with it at all.
Developers can take any game developed for a POSIX environment and easily bring the code over to
the QNX OS.
The QNX OS shows its power!!!
RIM made life difficult for early reviewers of the BlackBerry PlayBook with almost daily updates of
the QNX OS the tablet is based on, improving and tweaking in the run up to launch.
According to the leaks,
the QNX OS is set to hit Gold Master status on March 31, and the first thing new PlayBook owners will be prompted to do is upgrade to a new version.
Both the slate's dual - core processor and
QNX OS had been blamed for the reported power issues.
The QNX OS is one of the most advanced and secure Operating Systems EVER MADE.
RIM is a genius if they can get there
QNX OS running on a single core.
No, this device will not be competitive in September as far as specifications, or in term of OS, RIM is in a holding pattern OS wise until their new
QNX OS is smartphone capable.
So, Blackberry is going to rely on the very popular
QNX OS app store to allow people to add productivity apps to this business device?
There are quite a few unanswered questions though about RIM's full transition to
the QNX OS for BlackBerry phones.
Clunkier OS that really was a 6.1 upgrade but marketed as 7 and will be replaced (and thus not upgraded) by a completely new
QNX OS in 1 year?
Now we did get word at DEVCON last week that the new
QNX OS we saw on the PlayBook will be coming to BlackBerry handhelds in the future, but we don't know how far we are from seeing that.
The rumor is that RIM is considering to use Dalvik virtual machine for
their QNX OS on the PlayBook and mobiles, which is the same as what Android currently uses.
RIM will be discussion the «Unique» security features of the BlackBerry PlayBook which probably just means
the QNX OS but maybe more.
BlackBerry is focusing their née designs on
the QNX OS with dual - core processors running on LTE.
The QNX os is super cool and quick.
If the Ipad2 is just a refresh of the Ipad, which it will be, then I'm sorry but all the video evidence of Playbooks being demonstrated live would lead me to prefer
the QNX OS over iOS.
Gartner analysts said Research In Motion's
QNX OS is a promising platform, but it is still in the early stages of development.
BlackBerry's new device boasts the freshly acquired
QNX OS and is bound to put the tablet - option cat amongst the already undecided tablet PC consumer pigeons.
This is down to both the flexibility of
the QNX OS and the fact that the tablet itself has got two very important physical attributes to deal with the extra effort required as well.
And even they said themselves that
QNX OS won't be available on phones without dual core.
If only they would add
the qnx os and beefed up the specs they would kill!.
The latter feature will make the Windows 8 similar to
the QNX OS that runs the show on the PlayBook tablet PC.
BUT,
the QNX OS is enterprise grade and the security is much superior.
Hopefully the new
QNX OS system will be on the next phone we get
The BlackBerry PlayBook has finally gone on sale in the UK, 57 days after it hit shops in the US and a mammoth 9 months after Pocket - lint was first treated to a glimpse of the 7 - inch tablet at the official launch event.The
QNX OS powered device's initial... Read more
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the QNX OS, add the PlayBook simulator as a second harddrive.
Not exact matches
Unlike previous versions of the software, SYNC 3 is not powered by Microsoft's Windows Embedded Automotive
OS, but rather by BlackBerry's Unix - like
QNX system.
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.
RIM has already announced a BlackBerry runtime for the PlayBook so Java BlackBerry apps will run just fine, so it's less a dual
O limbo and more a four app model banquet (
QNX / Java / HTML / AIR).
In addition, he said, the BlackBerry Tablet
OS is built on the
QNX Neutrino microkernel architecture, which runs equipment in the medical field.
After seeing what
QNX was about yesterday, there seemed little reason for Research In Motion to not adopt the operating system full time for their smartphones; the
OS has a mind for stability, lower power consumption, efficiency, a wide variety of developer platform support, as well as rich multimedia capabilities ranging from Flash to 3D rendering.
... It will use a brand new
OS fashioned by
QNX Software System... purchased by RIM earlier this year.
Following news that RIM made an initial build of its
QNX - based
OS simulator available for Windows and Mac, company Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis demoed RIM's tablet live for the first time this morning at >>
It's because RIM will be abandoning its current BlackBerry
OS in favor of
QNX, the operating system that currently powers the PlayBook.
* 1 GHz Dual Core Processor * 1 GB RAM * 7 inch LCD display with 1024 x 600 screen resolution * Multitouch capacitive display * Dimensions: 130 mm x 194 mm x 10 mm * Weight: 400g * microUSB, micro HDMI and DLNA connectivity * Wi - Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n * Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR * Powered by
QNX platform with multitasking * Full Adobe Flash 10.1 support * Built - in support for HTML 5 * Video Conferencing with HD Quality and Stereo sound * 5 MP Rear Camera * 3 MP Front Camera * Video playback: 1080p HD video — H. 264, MPEG4, WMV, DivX formats * Audio Playback: MP3, AAC, WMA * Pair with any Blackberry Device (min
OS 5.0 device) via Bluetooth for Push Email, Calendar, Docs and BBM
The BlackBerry 10
OS is based on the
QNX platform, which is already the base of the PlayBook
OS.
The new BlackBerry 10
OS (evolved from the PlayBook's
QNX - based operating system) needs to hit the market.
It's a big day for BlackBerry PlayBook fans - not only have they got access to new BBC iPlayer and News app icons (yes, icons)- they've also now got the option of setting their
QNX tabs to Bahasa Indonesian thanks to the launch of BlackBerry Tablet
OS... Read more
With RIM now stretching its smartest people between pushing out the PlayBook with it's
QNX - based
OS and working on getting BlackBerry 6.1 out the door for the next generation of phone hardware, we suspect early 2011 to be in a bit of a phone drought.
RIM has stated clearly it is using PlayBook's
OS, based on its acquisition from
QNX, to deliver BlackBerry
OS 10 for smartphones.
With the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet using the
QNX - based BlackBerry Tablet
OS and RIM's Co-CEO saying that you will (at some point) see
QNX on BlackBerry Smartphones, the hope / possibility existed that
QNX could be on the next BlackBerry you run out and buy.
Storm 3 would have the space for new applications or new blackberry
OS» es like
OS 6.1 or a
QNX based
OS 7.