n4bb reports the reason RIMs 10 ″ tablet has been canceled so they can focus on its first BlackBerry smartphone to use
QNX which is the sane software found on the PlayBook.
It will be running
QNX which is a proven solid industrial strength OS.
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.
Not exact matches
Chenalso highlighted BlackBerry's
QNX division,
which works on technology that will fuse with automobiles, and said new technology from the division will be showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month.
The smartphone maker owns an operating system called
QNX,
which has a reputation for reliability and security.
QNX,
which made more than 60 % of the core software inside the world's car infotainment systems in 2011, has partnered with The Weather Network to send location - based weather data to drivers, and the intelligent dashboard system in many of Nissan's 2013 models, for instance, will feed drivers real - time local fuel prices, flight - status information, and points of interest supplied by Google.
The Canadian software firm's
QNX division showed off its latest technology at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Wednesday,
which demonstrated how cars can communicate with each other as well as traffic lights to improve traffic flow and prevent collisions.
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.»
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.
Over at the Globe and Mail, I popped in on
QNX, the Ottawa - based software company owned by smartphone maker BlackBerry, to see what was new and also to see what they thought of the big news of Google's Open Automotive Alliance,
which will be pushing Android onto cars starting this year.
«There is certainly no doubt that many carmakers have expressed the idea that a more standardized platform would be attractive,» said John Wall, a senior vice president at
QNX,
which develops software that is used in millions of vehicles today.
The Sync 3 system runs on Blackberry's
QNX software whereas the old MyFord touch,
which debuted in 2010, runs on Microsoft - sourced software.
In addition, he said, the BlackBerry Tablet OS is built on the
QNX Neutrino microkernel architecture,
which runs equipment in the medical field.
The BlackBerry 10 OS is based on the
QNX platform,
which is already the base of the PlayBook OS.
By that time, Android is projected to grab 38.6 % of the market, RIM's
QNX,
which powers BlackBerry PlayBook will have 10 %, and everyone else - MeeGo, WebOS and others - will have a minute 4.2 % combined.
Instead of continuously improving atop a secure Java client, BlackBerry 10 will move the software over to a POSIX - based platform, acquired from
QNX,
which is now a division of RIM.
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.
ALL file
which is based on
QNX's PPS functionality to access any files in the same directory.
It was in August that we had first reported of such a move on part of Research In Motion - that they now have access to the
QNX Operating System after having acquired the
QNX Software Systems,
which will be made the default OS in all future products from the Canada based company.
It features the
QNX operating system
which is the first time RIM has employed since they purchased the company last year.
About 10 years ago there was
QNX demo
which booted the
QNX operating system along with a Windows 95 like GUI from a 1.44 megabyte floppy.
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.
However, its RIM's next OS — BBX
which is a combination of the
QNX and the BlackBerry OS that will in the spotlight as the last thing that RIM loyalists will like to face is the BBX also suffering from a security lapse.
BlackBerry 10 is based on the
QNX operating system,
which is popular in industrial computers and used in many car computers,
which was acquired by BlackBerry in April 2010.
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.
The new kid on the block is the the BlackBerry Tablet OS as designed by
QNX,
which was bought up by RIM for this very purpose back in April 2010.
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.
BlackBerry Tablet OS is a new
QNX - based OS
which was announced by BlackBerry on 27th September 2010.
RIM will be discussion the «Unique» security features of the BlackBerry PlayBook
which probably just means the
QNX OS but maybe more.
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.
And they will probably be garbage apps like BB has on their «flagship» OS6
which they quickly dumped for
QNX.
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.
Although BlackBerry 10 will be the first smartphone OS based on the
QNX platform, the PlayBook already uses
QNX,
which makes it an easy target for an update.
With Celestica moving away from BlackBerry hardware production, this only serves to add to RIM's growing short - term problems, as the company is attempting to weather the transition from its current platform in OS 7, being the last version of the Java - based platform that it began using in 2003 to BBX,
which is the
QNX - based platform
which shares major underpinnings with the BlackBerry PlayBook while also adding features common to iOS and Android, but will not be released until this Fall, after initially being targeted for a February launch.
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.
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.
RIM is opting to use the
QNX operating system to run the BlackPad instead of the new BlackBerry 6 operating system,
which is used in the company's Torch smartphone.
The yet - to - be-announced tablet will run on software developed by
QNX Software Systems,
which RIM bought from Harman International Industries Inc. for $ 200 million in April, said the people, who didn't want to be identified because the plans haven't been made public.
While there's no word on any new tablet hardware (the future of the PlayBook line is definitely in flux), existing owners will be relieved to hear that they'll benefit from the overhauled BlackBerry 10 OS -
which is based on the same
QNX platform as the current Playbook OS.
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.
At MWC 2011 we got up close with the BlackBerry Playbook
which is RIM's Tablet running on the BlackBerry Tablet OS (
QNX).
While we're all still excited about the new BlackBerry 7 devices that will soon be hitting store shelves, we all know they are just a stop gap for RIM's next big thing
which is
QNX powered smartphones.
Both are built on the foundations of
QNX,
which was acquired by BlackBerry in 2010, and they're intimately linked from a code and UI perspective.
Their
QNX phones won't be anymore amazing than the
QNX PlayBook tablet,
which nobody bought and was a failure from release.
That perception will taint
QNX,
which is the linchpin of RIM's superphone strategy.
The BlackBerry PlayBook sports the
QNX mobile operating system,
which RIM acquired last spring.
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.