To give
future BlackBerry devices, like the PlayBook tablet, the ability to run legacy apps on this new OS, RIM will need to include a Java VM.
As you already know, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 is what most of us are waiting for, especially since that's all RIM has officially announced as far as
future BlackBerry devices go.
Set the agenda for
the future BlackBerry devices: BlackBerry 7 was «well received», and BlackBerry 10 and PlayBook 2.0 are on deck.
As you can see, there has been a nice assortment of visitors in the form of
future BlackBerry devices and OS releases, as well as the angelic Euro - centric Jesus Phone.
Now if you told me that
future Blackberry devices would follow in the Playbook's foot steps and run Android Apps, then i would have a reason to wait maybe...
Not exact matches
Still,
future Android
BlackBerry devices means more choice besides the usual mix of Samsung, LG or HTC Android phones.
BlackBerry fell behind Windows mobile
device operating system for the first time, the Star reported last week, shortly after the Waterloo company that used to be called Research in Motion announced it was looking at alternatives for its
future, including a sale.
This resulted in
Blackberry signing a deal with Amazon and bundling their App Store on all
future devices, primarily because BB10 had an emulator to run Android apps.
The Java and Android app players will be available from the
BlackBerry App World, although there's no news whether
future RIM
devices might be able to utilise the this new development but One Mobile Ring expects this isn't the last we'll be hearing of the RIM app players.
It should also be understood that no solution is
future proof: developers that work on custom in - house projects leave or retire, third - party software vendors go out of business or sunset application suites and cease their support, and technology changes... consider that 5 - 6 years ago, universities would have placed their entire mobile focus on
BlackBerry devices.
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins has seemingly ruled out a sequel to the company's 2011 PlayBook tablet by revealing that he doesn't see a
future for any tablet
device beyond 2018.
During the first day of its European DevCon event being held in Amsterdam, RIM has confirmed that alongside support for Android apps, the forthcoming PlayBook 2.0 update will also support the formerly Nokia - backed Ot application framework for application development on the PlayBook with
future support being expanded to
BlackBerry 10
devices slated for launch at -LSB-...]
It's often said that past precedent is the best indicator of
future performance and over the past couple of years the varying
BlackBerry device form factors and product families have become well established.
2017's KEYone — made under licence by TCL — took the
BlackBerry back to the
future with a
device that carried physical keys, as well as a touchscreen.
Future BlackBerry - branded Android handsets may support wireless charging and even a phone - to - PC solution reminiscent of the Samsung Desktop Experience (DeX) platform, according to a newly leaked sketch of an accessory designed for one such
device.
Images of a fan - designed concept phone bearing the
BlackBerry logo and the model name «Vanadium» have now popped up online, showing off where at least one designer hopes the company will take its design language in
future devices.
In related news, Cricket has also rolled out Sprint data roaming, with the first phones able to take advantage of the expanded coverage in the
BlackBerry Curve 8530, Kyocera Zio and the aforementioned Ascend, with more
devices to be added in the
future.
BlackBerry device support will continue for the foreseeable
future.
QNX powers the
BlackBerry PlayBook as well as the now available
BlackBerry Z10 and will be used in
future BlackBerry 10
devices.
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins looks to the
future where all you need is a mobile
device for everything — cars, PCs, TV sets
Asked about a move away from tablet technology, Heins said that the
future is in mobile and that
BlackBerry's new initiatives are to target a consumer it thinks will rely on one mobile
device for all communications within seven years.
When RIM announced that QNX was going to the operating system for its
future devices, it was surprising to see the next generation
BlackBerry devices to be still running on
BlackBerry OS.
We knew that
BlackBerry was going to use Mobile World Congress to talk about
future devices and it announced the Leap, alongside a tease of a whacky slider handset, with double curved display.The Leap sits in the same sort of space as the
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Currently Six dot X is available for all
BlackBerry smartphones running BB6 (9800, 9780, 9700, 9670, 9650, 93xx and 91xx) with OS 5.0
devices coming in the very near
future.
Pricing has not leaked for any of the
devices but expect to hear more from
BlackBerry in the near
future.
Intel Corporation and Research In Motion (RIM) announced an extensive technology collaboration in which RIM will use Intel communications technology in
future BlackBerry ®
devices.
Fruit Robots are the
future Canadian mobile
device manufacturer Research In Motion has revealed the upcoming
BlackBerry PlayBook will be able to run Google Mobile OS based applications.
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins said that a strategic review could lead towards the sale, or potentially offering licenses for its software to other manufacturers, opening the door to non-RIM
BlackBerry devices in the
future.
Perhaps since
BlackBerry make up less than.5 % of the
devices sold in Japan, they could prioritize them further down the list, but it's not good to close the door on any
future market for BB10.
In that same statement, Lazardis hints that more touchscreen
devices may be on the horizon — although he would not comment on
future products (he also gives
BlackBerry fans a reason to believe things will get better — in contrast to Co-CEO Jim Balsillie's belief that buggy smartphones are «the new reality»).
Since Qt support also underpins the native application development support present in PlayBook 2.0, former Qt developers will have little trouble porting existing applications to the PlayBook and
BlackBerry 10
devices in the
future owing to its basis in C / C + + in comparison to current SDKs which require knowledge of Adobe AIR / Flex and are considered less flexible and powerful.
Flash Player 10.1 was also released to mobile platform partners to be supported on
devices based on Android,
BlackBerry, webOS,
future versions of Windows ® Phone, LiMo, MeeGo and Symbian OS, and is expected to be made available via over-the-air downloads and to be pre-installed on smart phones, tablets and other
devices in the coming months.
During the first day of its European DevCon event being held in Amsterdam, RIM has confirmed that alongside support for Android apps, the forthcoming PlayBook 2.0 update will also support the formerly Nokia - backed Ot application framework for application development on the PlayBook with
future support being expanded to
BlackBerry 10
devices slated for launch at the end of the year.
Either way, we can't wait to see the
future of the
BlackBerry PlayBook and
BlackBerry 10 OS launching for all
devices whether it be a smartphone or tablet.
Images of a fan - designed concept phone bearing the
BlackBerry logo and the model name «Vanadium» have now popped up online, showing off where at least one designer hopes the company will take its design language in
future devices.