More
about the QNX OS QNX was developed to perform all of its functions with a set of microkernels, rather than a single kernel.
Oh yeah,
about QNX, it could be great.
I agree with the comment
about QNX vs OS «7.0».
We reported yesterday
about the QNX powered Porsche sighted at CES, 2012.
I'm also eager to hear a confirmation or denial regarding the rumors
about their QNX - based TabletOS being able to run Android apps.
Not exact matches
In addition, rumours are floating
about that Ford is planning on ditching its partnership with Microsoft for its Sync system and changing over to the superior
QNX.
I'm going to be meeting with BlackBerry and talking
about the investments they've made in
QNX, an additional $ 100 million, to really look at how they can adapt their software and security technologies with Ford and other vehicles and really help drive the autonomous vehicle initiatives in Canada.
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.
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.
Alec took some time to talk to the official BlackBerry Developer Blog
about what he sees for the future of RIM's BlackBerry OS on
QNX and BlackBerry 7.
The latest BBX is not just
about being a step or two ahead of the the
QNX, but its also acts as the culmination of all of RIM's platforms so far.
And it should work on the new devices coming out this year since they were talking
about 1.2 GHz to work with
QNX
Like the look of the BlackBerry PlayBook, but concerned
about the obvious lack of apps?Well, worry no longer as reports suggest that the
QNX platform tablet could be compatible with the thousands (130 of them at the last count) of Android apps.A Bloomberg... Read more
There are quite a few unanswered questions though
about RIM's full transition to the
QNX OS for BlackBerry phones.
Read more
about BlackBerry, Blackberry Playbook, Playbook, Preview,
Qnx, Tablet and Video.
Other than that and the fact that it will be running on
QNX and will be released in Q1 2012, nothing else is known
about the phone yet.
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.
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about Air, Android, Apps, BlackBerry, Flash, Java, Launch, Playbook,
Qnx, RIM and Tablet.
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about BlackBerry, Blackberry Playbook, Duke Nukem, Playbook,
Qnx and RIM.
I would also like to hear
about future plans for
QNX in general — different size tablets with qwerty keyboards perhaps?
Built upon
QNX, the same platform that the PlayBook's BlackBerry Tablet OS is built on, the aim of BlackBerry 7 will be to merge together the best features of the legacy BlackBerry experience with the best emerging features and capabilities of the new BlackBerry Tablet OS so that there is only one platform for RIM to push forward (and only one for third party developers to worry
about).
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about Apps, BlackBerry, Blackberry World, Facebook, Playbook,
Qnx, RIM and Tablet.
I am assuming that
QNX phones are not coming before 2012 but I am not sure
about TechRadars assumption / guess of 18 months.
THAT»S why I'm excited
about the Playbook — testbed for the
QNX OS.
its probably part of the reason the OS was acquired, relating to what was mentioned in the article
about current
QNX implementations.
RIM Blackberry Playbook, most awesome thing
about this demo is to experience the power of Texas Instruments OMAP4430 ARM Cortex - A9 processor, see how nicely
QNX's embedded Linux OS does multi-tasking.