Chinese internet tech giant Baidu will work with Canada's BlackBerry in a partnership that will
see QNX used as the basis for Baidu's Apollo self - driving platform, and which will also see
It's not hard to
see that QNX is miles ahead of the old BlackBerry OS, and thus perfect for gaming.
Can't wait to
see QNX in action.
Lazaridis stated when Research In Motions moves BlackBerry smartphones to dual core systems; we will then
see the QNX operating system arrive and also noted the «next generation of BlackBerry smartphones will be great».
Of course, that means that it's only a matter of time before we start to
see the QNX tablet on eBay, but hey, maybe RIM will just pull an HP and roll out the savings to everyone.
You won't
see any QNX phones to 2012.
With the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet using the QNX - based BlackBerry Tablet OS and RIM's Co-CEO saying that you will (at some point)
see QNX on BlackBerry Smartphones, the hope / possibility existed that QNX could be on the next BlackBerry you run out and buy.
We've already
seen QNX's idea of future digital clusters in the 2015 Audi TT, where the area directly in front of the driver is used as the primary display, rather than an auxiliary screen in the center of the dash.
If all turns out to be accurate here, we should be
seeing QNX arrive on a hand - held sooner then expected, assuming RIM can redirect the development accordingly.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
I'd like to
see my Torch get an update to
QNX then since it's staying in the 6.0's with the PlayBook
While we all know the recently launched tablet PC — PlayBook — from RIM employs a version of the
QNX software, what is all the more interesting is the recent revelation that the
QNX operating system will eventually take over from all the legacy BlackBerry OS that, until now, can be
seen running the show in the entire range of BlackBerry smartphones.
The BlackBerry PlayBook and its
QNX - based BlackBerry Tablet OS is going to deliver an awesome gaming experience, and we've already
seen that EA (who I believe bought your publisher, but now you're so big you don't need a publisher so I don't get what your corporate dealio is anymore) is working with RIM to put Need for Speed Undercover and Tetris onto the PlayBook.
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.
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.
Now when
QNX comes I expect to
see better touch screen devices but I still do nt
see how they would update the current devices with a physical keyboard since its already good as it is
Our money is you'll start to
see the first
QNX powered devices sometime in late 2011 or early 2012, although that is pure speculation rather than fact.
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.
With
QNX being part of the BlackBerry family it would make sense and it would be great to
see the car OS being an extension of the smartphone.
The new
QNX car display has the same web browser as the PlayBook, some familiar looking applications and even the same App World icon that we are used to
seeing.
And considering we reportedly won't
see a proper BB10 phone running
QNX until this fall, developers probably won't have much incentive to develop for a single device that's underperforming in the marketplace.
Also I don't
see how you can make a judgment on how
QNX will work on this type of device.
Now we did get word at DEVCON last week that the new
QNX OS we
saw on the PlayBook will be coming to BlackBerry handhelds in the future, but we don't know how far we are from
seeing that.
Perhaps a more prescient thought would have
seen this device's release in 2012's Q1 as
QNX - capable.
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.
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.
Besides the more of the same
QNX UI we're used to
seeing on the tablet, we get another glimpse at Android apps running smooth as butter on the device.
Is
QNX software a relief, or would you prefer to
see a customized version of BlackBerry 6 on the fabled device?
But, according to a RIM VP, it looks like the
QNX Operating System originally developed for the PlayBook will indeed be
seen on other devices in the future.
This may not come as a shock, as the
QNX software is a far more user - friendly system, even from what we've
seen on video.
The app will
see over 13m MP3s available for on - device purchase on the
QNX slate, when it launches in the US and Canada later this year, as part of RIM's attempt to take on iTunes and the iPad 2.
When
QNX is ready to hit the phones, than we shall
see what RIM can do with dual - core goodness and all you morons will come running back.
HP kicked things off, telling LaptopMag that «from what we've
seen in the market, there are some uncanny similarities» between the webOS UI on the HP Touchpad and the
QNX interface on the BlackBerry PlayBook.
In this video recorded at the Ask the Experts booth at BlackBerry World, we get an explanation of how easy it was to port Quake III over to
QNX via the NDK and of course we get to
see some multiplayer first person shoot em up action.
RIM's said we might just
see phones running the PlayBook's
QNX software over their BlackBerry OS in the future.
And while I'd rather
see a completely finished and polished OS on the BlackBerry PlayBook at launch over one that still has some gaps, what makes me extremely excited is the rate of development RIM is showing on the new
QNX platform.
It's definitely a positive sign that the new RIM really wants to play ball, and knowing that the
QNX operating system upon which the BlackBerry Tablet OS is built already has support for up to 32 cores, it means we should
see RIM take a leadership position on the hardware side of things in the future.
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.