I do nt think there's much doubt that
QNX devices will have this..
This obviously falls into the «smartphone» category and
the QNX devices in the future will fall into the «super phone» category.
Come one RIM, when are you going to start delivering
QNX devices?
Instead, the analyst writes, the success or failure of upcoming
QNX devices expected in 2012 will have a much greater impact with investors.
Let
the QNX devices come forth.
Now they have to wait to bring
the QNX devices because they have the new BB7 devices in productions and need to sell those and will sell those like hot cake.
Other rumors suggest that the first
QNX device will be an all touch screen.
And if not, I can only hope their first
QNX device is as beautiful as my 9900.
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.
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.»
QNX is now expected to become nothing less than the default operating system for all BlackBerry
devices.
The link does say that it is for 7.0 or Higher
devices...
QNX though is still in it's infancy as like Playbook 2.0 update coming shortly... Will
QNX superphones be running 8.0 or run 2.3 for
QNX?
The overall
QNX UI is very well done, and IMO the most intuitive interface I've worked with in a long time, on any
device.
The first
device to use
QNX is the Playbook tablet.
* 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 a
Device (min OS 5.0
device) via Bluetooth for Push Email, Calendar, Docs a
device) via Bluetooth for Push Email, Calendar, Docs and BBM
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
For me any phone upgrade at this time would have to be a
device with
QNX
The new
device, which is expected to compete with the Apple iPad, will sport a seven inch touchscreen (1,024 x 600 pixels), a 1 GHz dual - core processor, a gigabyte of RAM, and will run on the
QNX operating system.
These
devices will have 6.1 loaded on them which is another significant step but the playbook has
QNX which blows android and apple out of the water, in my opinion.
Now while I don't totally disagree with everything Kevin said, I do find that for me it was definitely worth the upgrade, and since I haven't had the same issues he experienced with his
device (ie the trackpad problem), I'll continue to use it until the next big thing comes down the line (
QNX Berry anyone?).
Make no mistake that
QNX is RIMs future OS for all new
devices.
Many Android developers could care less for a paltry Blackberry
QNX platform that requires apps to be developed for a singular
device.
This is a very gesture heavy
device and all of the main interactions are so unlike any
device shipping with
QNX, iOS, or Android.
The BlackBerry PlayBook is BlackBerry's first tablet and their first
device using a brand new
QNX - powered operating system.
When I envision a
device with the Bold 9900's build quality, RIM's fresh new
QNX - based operating system and an the ever - expanding Android application ecosystem available via RIM's Android app player, I really like RIM's chances.
Although the platform is no longer used by the Canadian company in its mobile
devices,
QNX continues to see uses in the automotive industry and beyond, with its most recent update landing in January of this year as the new
QNX SDP 7.0 (Software Development Platform), supporting C++ 14 and ARM as well as Intel's 32 - bit and 64 - bit platforms.
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.
And it should work on the new
devices coming out this year since they were talking about 1.2 GHz to work with
QNX
There will always be a market for the current incarnation of BlackBerry smartphones, but that market is shrinking daily and RIM's
QNX - based mobile
devices can't come soon enough.
The company was planning to offer a number of options to developers looking to support its first
QNX - based
device, and adding support for Android applications would give RIM access to Google's massive Android ecosystem.
Now when
QNX comes I expect to see better touch screen
devices but I still do nt see how they would update the current
devices with a physical keyboard since its already good as it is
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».
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.
In fact, it was one of the selling points of the tablet — after all, who wouldn't want a
device that was capable of running
QNX, BlackBerry Java and Android apps?
Our money is you'll start to see the first
QNX powered
devices sometime in late 2011 or early 2012, although that is pure speculation rather than fact.
And considering we reportedly won't see a proper BB10 phone running
QNX until this fall, developers probably won't have much incentive to develop for a single
device that's underperforming in the marketplace.
Sitting down at CES in the
QNX - powered Porsche Concept Car The $ 500 Desktop Clock App for BlackBerry that I was dumb enough to buy Closing the BlackBerry App Gap A look at BlackBerry Tag - Now available on OS 7.1
devices Hands On with the WHITE BlackBerry Curve 9360
Also I don't see how you can make a judgment on how
QNX will work on this type of
device.
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.
QNX powers the BlackBerry PlayBook as well as the now available BlackBerry Z10 and will be used in future BlackBerry 10
devices.
But given that the BlackBerry PlayBook and Dev Alpha — the first two BlackBerry
devices running on the next generation
QNX platform that powers BlackBerry 10 — have not had removable batteries, we weren't sure what would happen for BB10 phones going forward.
Perhaps a more prescient thought would have seen this
device's release in 2012's Q1 as
QNX - capable.
With poor sales and a desperate hedge on the next - generation
QNX - based BlackBerry 10
devices, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion's is in utter turmoil.
When RIM announced that
QNX was going to the operating system for its future
devices, it was surprising to see the next generation BlackBerry
devices to be still running on BlackBerry OS.
Rumored to be titled the BlackPad, the
device is expected to run software from
QNX, which RIM announced its intention to acquire in April, and to make a debut in November in time for holiday sales.
There is nothing inherently wrong with that, but a doubt hangs over these new BlackBerry
devices with ongoing discussion of a move to the
QNX platform next year.
RIM has confirmed the pricing and release date for its
QNX - powered BlackBerry PlayBook tablet
device in the UK
QNX will give the PlayBook more reliability than rival operating systems built for smartphones and adapted for tablet
devices, RIM co-Chief Executive Officer Jim Balsillie has said.
Besides the more of the same
QNX UI we're used to seeing on the tablet, we get another glimpse at Android apps running smooth as butter on the
device.
Is
QNX software a relief, or would you prefer to see a customized version of BlackBerry 6 on the fabled
device?