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RIM Prepping New OS for BlackBerries and Tablet

Sep 21, 2010, 5:55 PM by Eric M. Zeman

According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, Research In Motion is prepared to announce as early as next week a new tablet-style computing device. The Journal says that rather than RIM's new BlackBerry 6 operating system, the tablet will run a brand new operating system developed by QNX Software, which RIM acquired earlier this year. RIM will eventually transition its BlackBerry smartphones from the existing operating system to this new OS from QNX at some point in the future. Of the tablet, the Journal reports that it will have a seven-inch screen and Wi-Fi, but will only be able access cellular data via a tethered BlackBerry device. Sources familiar with QNX's software called it "a worthy competitor" to Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms. RIM has scheduled a developer conference in San Francisco for the week of September 26.

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island-guy

Sep 22, 2010, 12:33 PM

This OS better be amazing otherwise I see no purpose it this device

The average Blackberry user is simply focused on email/phone and SMS or IM. This new OS must be radically different and capable of a lot more multimedia to try to sway ipad users towards RIM. Assuming this can only be tethered to a device, will this mean RIM desktop manager will have a way to tether your blackberry without paying extra for it? Interesting...

80dollarcarcharger

Blackberry OS6 looks very impressive. I have some information I can email you, i'm too lazy to write it all out.

Azeron

Sep 22, 2010, 3:52 AM

Weird

So? One may only tether a Blackberry to this thing? That makes no sense.

CellStudent

I think they're using the wrong terminology here. If the tablet has WiFi, it will be able to pick up off of any cellular handset with a WiFi hotspot capability, like most Androids. WiFi can't tell the difference between a fixed hotspot and a mobile ...
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Drunk

Sep 22, 2010, 8:56 AM

iPad killer!

Is it true?

Caucasian

I swear to God I will get BigKippa in here if you do not watch your mouth.

JeffdaBeat

Not anymore than the Storm was an iPhone killer...more like Blackberry Suicide...

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