As speculated, the BlackBerry PlayBook is running a new operating system made
by QNX, complete with Flash 10.1 support, the WebKit browser, multitasking, and more.
Instead of the new BlackBerry 6 operating system, the tablet will run new software developed
by QNX Software Systems, a company RIM purchased earlier this year, the Journal says.
Custom - modifying a Porsche 911's dash and center stack, QNX showed Electronista an interface very heavily inspired
by the QNX - based BlackBerry PlayBook but tailored just to the environment of a car.
Like your parents probably told you, looks aren't everything and I'm quite impressed with the software on the BlackBerry PlayBook, which is being crafted
by QNX.
Instead, it will use a brand new OS fashioned
by QNX Software System, the embedded OS outfit purchased by RIM earlier this year.
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.
To concentrate development efforts on the next set of BlackBerry smartphones powered
by QNX.
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.
It runs a new operating system developed
by QNX Software that supports symmetric multiprocessing with use of the QNX Neutrino microkernel architecture.
I have to admit, I'm really excited to see what RIM has to show for a tablet and what it will bring, especially now that we know it's rockin» an OS
by QNX Software Systems and not an enlarged version of BlackBerry 6 as we assumed at WES.
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.
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.
* 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 and BBM
... It will use a brand new OS fashioned
by QNX Software System... purchased by RIM earlier this year.
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.
Software made
by QNX is already used by Ford to build its in - car infotainment systems.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Apple is reportedly prioritizing working on the software for a driverless car, rather than building one from scratch, as is indicated
by its hiring of Dan Dodge, the founder of
QNX and one of the premiere experts in car software.
QNX was acquired
by BlackBerry in 2010 and Ford chose it to replace Microsoft for its Sync infotainment platform.
Sync 3 is built around the
QNX operating system owned
by BlackBerry, the most - used operating system for car infotainment.
Unlike previous versions of the software, SYNC 3 is not powered
by Microsoft's Windows Embedded Automotive OS, but rather
by BlackBerry's Unix - like
QNX system.
One thing you will notice is that the permission of most binaries is set that it can only be run
by root (for example: ps and ifconfig), You can copy arm7le binaries from the momentics SDK (not from RIM website, from
QNX website) to the playbook.
Their strategic partnership
by employing
QNX technology is to gain access to software developers who create applications for
QNX and build on the popularity of its BlackBerry smartphone with corporate customers.
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.
RIM should also update
QNX by the time the PlayBook 2 releases, with the update bringing native e-mail, calendar, and other standard BlackBerry apps.
The switch over to the
QNX Operating System should start trickling in
by the time BlackBerry OS 6 has already done its job and is ready to be retired.
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.
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.
QNX is a Unix - like OS first introduced in the early»80s
by Quantum Software Systems.
RIM's
QNX operating system will be the third biggest player with 10 percent market share in 2015 while Intel's MeeGo and HP's WebOS will be able to corner just 1 and 3 percent of the market
by 2015.
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.
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».
Gartner has reduced its 2011 sales forecast for
QNX tablets
by almost 25 % from 3.9 million in April to 3.0 million today.
RIM acquired a company
by the name of
QNX back in April 2010 from Harman International.
BlackBerry Tablet OS is a new
QNX - based OS which was announced
by BlackBerry on 27th September 2010.
Clunkier OS that really was a 6.1 upgrade but marketed as 7 and will be replaced (and thus not upgraded)
by a completely new
QNX OS in 1 year?
No doubt RIM will have made some serious tweaks to
QNX by then as well, so expect some big updates regarding this aspect of the PlayBook.
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.
On the recent RIM earnings call one of the most unexpected things said
by RIM's Founder and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis was this: «Well, we've got a lot of planned announcements at DevCon in October, and we've got — we'll be announcing our new development platform for
QNX and our
QNX - based phones.
On top of the
QNX core, RIM has layered a UI with portions contributed
by another one of its acquisitions, Swedish design firm TAT.
QNX is everywhere... in nuclear plants, casinos, space shuttles, cars, shit, playbook could comunicate with any car as it was shown already
by RIM... let alone that
QNX allows you to comment your shitty ideas here in this blog.
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.
According to «multiple trusted sources» speaking to BGR, RIM is considering using the Dalvik Java virtual machine, as used
by Android, and potentially opening the door to the PlayBook and other
QNX - based devices to run Android code.
A side section of RIM's booth at CES 2012 was dedicated to showing off the results of
QNX's work in car dash technology since it was bought
by RIM.
If they get pushed back any further, they'll get swallowed up
by the upcoming
QNX phones in May 2012.
The news we reported exclusively many months ago has just been officially confirmed
by RIM — the company will indeed support Google Android apps on its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and on new
QNX - based BlackBerry smartphones moving forward.
Not just because Android's making great strides, Windows Phone's finally looking fantastic, and the iPhone 5 looms, but because BlackBerry 7 is essentially a stop - gap until the true next - gen BlackBerry is here, powered
by the same
QNX - heart as the BlackBerry PlayBook.
RIM's firsr ever tablet, the PlayBook is running on
QNX based BBOS, A9 dual - core 1 GHz chipset, 7» LCD touch display, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB versions, 3 Megapixels front facing camera, 5 Megapixels rear facing cameras, supports 1080p HD video recording / playback, Wi - Fi — 802.11 a / b / g / n, support for WebKit / HTML -5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, HDMI - out port and is powered
by 5300mAh battery.
RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook built with
QNX based BlackBerry tablet OS, sporting a 7 inch LCD display, 5MP rear camera, 3MP front - facing camera, Wi - Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n + WiMax (4G), Wi - Fi + LTE, Wi - Fi + HSPA + capabilities, 1080p HD Video Playback Capability, 16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB memory storage and powered
by a dual - core 1 GHz Cortex A9 - based processor.