The new multi-platform BlackBerry Enterprise Solution will allow admins to control and manage not only BlackBerry smartphones and
QNX tablets, like the PlayBook, but also Android and Apple iOS devices too.
Gartner has reduced its 2011 sales forecast for
QNX tablets by almost 25 % from 3.9 million in April to 3.0 million today.
The firm has significantly lowered its sales forecasts for Android, WebOS and
QNX tablets.
Of course, that means that it's only a matter of time before we start to see
the QNX tablet on eBay, but hey, maybe RIM will just pull an HP and roll out the savings to everyone.
RIM has just released a video showing off the ways that business professionals can make use of the BlackBerry PlayBook,
a QNX tablet.
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.
While it's not the same as the buy - one - free - one promotion that RIM has for its business customers, RIM will be slashing the price of
its QNX tablet down to the low price of $ 199 (16 GB model of course) for a limited period of time.
In order to bolster the sales of its BlackBerry PlayBook in the enterprise sector, RIM has announced a «Back to business» promotion for
the QNX tablet.
Rather than task its own in - house Kindle team, Lab 126, to get up to speed on developing a slate, Amazon supposedly looked to Quanta's existing experience with the PlayBook and
the QNX tablet acted as a «shortcut» of sorts.
Good news for BlackBerry PlayBook owners — RIM has just announced a new update for
your QNX tablet that will be pushed out today.
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.
Richards believes RIM's new PlayBook
tablet, which also operates on the
QNX architecture, «takes RIM back to its roots in secure data for enterprises.»
RIM has dealt with a number of complex technical challenges over the past few months, mainly developing the PlayBook
tablet, which runs a new operating system,
QNX.
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.
Gartner also assumes that no other
tablet competitors will really matter in the coming years, aside from RIM's
QNX - powered BlackBerry PlayBook.
A Sept. 21 Wall Street Journal article, itself paraphrasing unnamed «people familiar with RIM's plans,» indicated that the
tablet would feature «a completely new platform built by
QNX Software Systems» as its operating system, and include integrated cameras along with a 7 - inch touch screen.
In addition, he said, the BlackBerry
Tablet OS is built on the
QNX Neutrino microkernel architecture, which runs equipment in the medical field.
Despite evidence that sales of non-iOS
tablets will not take off for the next few years, a number of news organizations have launched one - size - fits - all apps for Android
tablets to complement their multi-platform, «all access» subscription offerings, and a few have even developed apps for RIM's
QNX platform and Palm's webOS software.
BlackBerry announced its
QNX - powered
tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, last fall to much fanfare.
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 >>
The first device to use
QNX is the Playbook
tablet.
RIM insists it has a
tablet that will be competitive with the iPad, and that
QNX is the future of
tablet operating systems.
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
Phones 4u has spilled the beans regarding the UK arrival of the BlackBerry PlayBook - the 7 - inch
tablet will be hitting shops on 16 June.Priced at # 399.95 for the 16 GB version, or # 559.95 for the 64 GB one - RIM fans can pre-order the
QNX slate now.The... Read more
With these factors in mind, within a couple of years, we expect Apple to maintain the lion's share of the growing
tablet market — at least somewhere in the 50 % to 60 % range — with Android next, and the rest splitting the difference, including RIM's PlayBook /
QNX platform, Palm's WebOS, and whatever Microsoft eventually brings to the game.
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
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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 an
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 an
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.
RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook
tablet has taken us with its unique
QNX - based OS and business allure, but its connectivity is what matters the most for some.
BB PlayBook doesn't run
QNX, it runs BlackBerry
Tablet OS.
RIM didn't purchase
QNX for $ 220 million to offer a
tablet for 4 months.
The
QNX running
tablet is expected to find buyers in far greater numbers once the much anticipated update starts rolling in.
The Blackberry Playbook just got a new firmware update today that should be pushed to most people's
QNX based
tablets.
The version of the
QNX Operating System used on the PlayBook
Tablet PC is able to support accelerated 3D graphics, HD video, as well as Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Flash, and HTML5 along with touchscreen operations.
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 latter feature will make the Windows 8 similar to the
QNX OS that runs the show on the PlayBook
tablet PC.
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.
The BlackBerry PlayBook and its
QNX - based BlackBerry
Tablet OS is going to deliver an awesome gaming experience, and we've already seen that EA (who I believe bought your publisher, but now you're so big you don't need a publisher so I don't get what your corporate dealio is anymore) is working with RIM to put Need for Speed Undercover and Tetris onto the PlayBook.
2.0 will end any doubt... operating system is easily superior to iOS (heck iOS 5.0 * new * features are all rip offs of BB OS 6!!!! Not even close to
QNX), Android
tablet well, who cares, Android Player takes care of any OS questions, and with it's own sand box, you can run all the malware you want on your Android
tablet, unfortunately no malware on your Playbook.
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.
It runs on the
QNX based BlackBerry
Tablet OS.
Then there are other players in the segment that also are expected to make it big, like the PlayBook
tablet running the
QNX operating system.
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.
However, the
QNX in a
tablet environment fared poorly, something that is all too evident in the dismal sales figure of the... [Read more...]
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.
For $ 199, got «1 GHz dual - core processor, 16 GB of storage, 1 GB of RAM, GPS for navigation and location - based services, dual HD webcams for video chats and snapping pics, and a highly intuitive BlackBerry
Tablet OS based on powerful, user - friendly
QNX technology.»