Research In Motion could license the QNX software it plans to use for all of its high-end phones.
The upside is that developers suddenly have a reason to build for QNX again.
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That QNX software powers the PlayBook and will drive future multicore smartphones from RIM, Lazaridis said.
Even though Rim promises Android compatibility in future QNX, corporates do not condone software simulators.
Also hampering the company: the pushout of QNX phones to mid-2012, and delayed Playbook 2.0 launch.
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Because there is no such thing as malware for QNX real time operating system.
Gillis expects RIM to show QNX phones at its DevCon developers conference in mid-October, but only prototypes.
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Mark my words QNX puts these guys up front into the automotive sector which nobody else in.
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The intent system will be offered as a component of the QNX CAR application platform in 2013.
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In April 2010 RIM bought QNX Software Systems, a maker of operating systems for cars and medical devices.
He thinks the first RIMM phones based on QNX operating system will use chips from Qualcomm, not Marvell.
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Then in October, it rebranded QNX as BBX, and promised future phones and tablets would run off it.
While QNX found its way onto the PlayBook fairly quickly, there was a far longer wait for BlackBerry phones.
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Sure, the company is working on Blackberry 7 and new devices for QNX, which powers the Playbook tablet, he says.
For example RIM could still create compelling B2B and B2E experiences with its QNX platform in healthcare, retail and automotive.
However, these models have been delayed and will not have the new QNX operating system when they are finally launched.
Even the PlayBook, which is built around the QNX software RIM will begin building into its handsets next year, is a flop.
The OS, which has been two years in the making, has been entirely rebuilt, using technology obtained when the company acquired QNX.
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We had previously expected management to keep things together and tightly manage the product portfolio until the new QNX was rolled out.
These super phones will be based on the advanced QNX operating system.
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Who cares what apps will choose not to support the QNX platform?
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As for the QNX-based BlackBerry 10 smartphones that we've been looking forward to, Lazaridis said to not expect anything until late 2012.
It is understandable that RIM would want to launch QNX smartphones as soon as possible as time is running out for the company.
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The QNX Aviage Acoustic Processing Suite is an efficient, modular solution that offers sophisticated echo cancellation and noise reduction for hands-free and speech-recognition systems.
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Cross Platform Integration : Perhaps more for the future, but QNX, the foundation of BB10 is still a leading OS for the automotive market.
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The Android Linux is magnitudes more open and powerful than the BB OS and the QNX microkernel which is not acceptable for corporate apps.
With no QNX on handsets until CY12, we think RIM will likely continue to lose share to Android smartphones whose prices are rapidly falling.
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The device has an impressive new operating system developed by QNX, a firm which RIM bought earlier this year, and it boasts powerful multimedia capabilities.
When was the last time you heard QNX Neutrino RTOS getting hacked or when was the last time you heard QNX Neutrino RTOS having malware?
This makes it easier for developers to write apps for the QNX platform, which the company is also banking on to revive its smartphone fortunes.
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