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 company
acquired QNX almost a year ago to the day, and has since developed a brand new mobile operating system for tablets (and soon, smartphones).
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.
RIM had
acquired the QNX software from Harman International Industries Inc. in a deal worth $ 200 million last April.
RIM had
acquired the QNX Software in April in a deal worth $ 200 million.
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.
Not exact matches
QNX was
acquired by BlackBerry in 2010 and Ford chose it to replace Microsoft for its Sync infotainment platform.
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 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 tablet.
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.
RIM
acquired a company by the name of
QNX back in April 2010 from Harman International.
But the PlayBook's proprietary operating system, based on software
acquired during RIM's takeover of
QNX Software Systems from Harman International in April 2010, is what makes the tablet stand out in a sea of Android and iOS rivals.
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.
On Sept. 27, BlackBerry - maker Research In Motion confirmed its place among the ranks of brands, with the official introduction of its BlackBerry PlayBook, a tablet that will run an OS based on technology from
QNX, a company it
acquired in April.
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.
Bloomberg is reporting that the rumored BlackBerry tablet, dubbed the BlackPad, will run an operating system designed by
QNX Software;
QNX is the software company RIM
acquired back in April.
The BlackBerry PlayBook sports the
QNX mobile operating system, which RIM
acquired last spring.
EIM's Tablet OS is based on technology from
QNX, which it
acquired last year.
its probably part of the reason the OS was
acquired, relating to what was mentioned in the article about current
QNX implementations.
This, and they had to build an entirely new OS based on a newly -
acquired entity (
QNX), which leaks suggest didn't play well with then current RIM technology.