RIM has been trying to woo the company for sometime and it looks tremendously unlikely they will ever
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Not exact matches
There have been positive reaction and excitement around well - placed rumours that the PlayBook will
support Android apps, and the company's
QNX operating system in the PlayBook and new BlackBerry products has also burnished its rep.
One of the first projects would
support Ontario's autonomous driving pilot as well as BlackBerry
QNX's work with the University of Waterloo, PolySync, and Renesas Electronics to build an autonomous concept vehicle.
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.
* 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
The new processor
supports Android Version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), Linux,
QNX, Ubuntu and Windows Compact 7.
QNX has had full UI and keyboard & mouse
support for well over 15 years.
There is simply MORE variety and many companies are phasing out
support for the Blackberry
QNX operating system to develop Apple applications full time.
Software
support for i.MX 6 includes, Green Hills Software INTEGRITY RTOS, Mentor Graphics ® Nucleus RTOS, Mentor Embedded IVI and Mentor Embedded Linux,
QNX and
QNX CAR ™ 2 application platform, WindRiver Linux and VxWorks RTOS, Adeneo Embedded, Digi International, Oracle ® Java SE Embedded, TimeSys LinuxLink, and YOUi Labs» Natural User Interface.
you certainly don't do any research, considering the next generation of BlackBerry phones, running on
QNX, will need this sort of
support to enhance the superphones.
The version of the
QNX Operating System used on the PlayBook Tablet PC is able to
support accelerated 3D graphics, HD video, as well as Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Flash, and HTML5 along with touchscreen operations.
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 supporting android isnt the solution.
In fact, the tablet will also
support BlackBerry Java apps all of which will be in addition to the native apps based on the PlayBook's
QNX operating system.
The company was planning to offer a number of options to developers looking to
support its first
QNX - based device, and adding
support for Android applications would give RIM access to Google's massive Android ecosystem.
That means the chance of sensitive data falling into the wrong hands (your kids), and so
QNX and the Tablet OS will
support multiple users and the ability to give access to certain elements of data on three levels.
BGR exclusively reported in early August that RIM has to rewrite its BES code in order to
support the PlayBook's
QNX - based OS.
It runs a new operating system developed by
QNX Software that
supports symmetric multiprocessing with use of the
QNX Neutrino microkernel architecture.
The
QNX CAR OS that's used for factory automobile infotainment systems
supports Flash for GUI elements.
I'm not sure how many developers have the capacity to
support iOS, Android, and
QNX... Otherwise, this looks like an outstanding device.
We have been told that RIM is working on a
QNX - specific BlackBerry Enterprise Server, but that the first
QNX smartphone will launch without
support for current BES versions.
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.
That means, Lazaridis confirmed, that the PlayBook's
QNX platform won't arrive on smartphones until there are dual - core baseband CPUs around to
support it properly.
BGR exclusively reported in January that Research in Motion was hard at work trying to add
support for Android applications to the BlackBerry PlayBook and its
QNX - based OS.
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.
BGR's source touched upon the lack of BlackBerry Enterprise Server
support, saying that like the PlayBook launching without native email
support due to BES problems, the delay is down to RIM writing a
QNX - compatible BES version.
Codenamed BlackBerry Colt, details of RIM's first BlackBerry to run the new PlayBook tablet - like
QNX software has been leaked to BGR, and from what they've reported it sounds like same old RIM: a single - core chipset, and lacking BES
support, too.
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.
I want to buy one, but I just refuse to
support a device that doesn't even have basic PIM apps built in, and as appealing as this 10 inch version might seem to some, with the border - width required to make
QNX's border - gestures viable, this thing's going to have a foot - print nearly the size of a 14 inch laptop.
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's first BlackBerry PlayBook tablet comes with BlackBerry OS with
QNX technology, running on a A9 dual - core 1 GHz chipset, sporting 7» LCD touch display, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB versions, 3 Megapixels front facing camera, 5 Megapixels rear facing camera, with
support for 1080p HD video recording, Wi - Fi — 802.11 a / b / g / n,
support for WebKit / HTML -5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Wi - Fi, Bluetooth, 1080p HD video playback with an HDMI - out port, a 3.5 mm headset jack, inbuilt microphone and is powered by a 5300mAh battery.
As I read through all the Android - player session topics for DevCon» 2011, I'm starting to wonder if RIM is planning to position the Android player as «The
supported Java SDK» for the PlayBook (and the future
QNX - based phone OS).
At this point I would say that the odds are against RIM
supporting BlackBerry Java apps on
QNX.
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.
The new BlackBerry Tablet OS leverages and builds upon the many proven strengths of this
QNX Neutrino architecture to
support a professional grade tablet experience and to redefine the possibilities for mobile computing.