Showing posts with label Playbook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Playbook. Show all posts

Thursday, October 20, 2011

BBX - The Next Generation BlackBerry Platform

Research In Motion (RIM) showed off its next generation operating system called BBX that blends the company's BlackBerry 7 OS and the QNX OS that powers the PlayBook tablet at the BlackBerry DevCon in San Francisco.

The next-gen OS includes HTML5 support, bolstered security and a commitment to open standards, the RIM said. BBX will power all of its future smartphones, mobile devices and embedded systems.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

PlayBook update coming October



RIM has promised a big update for its PlayBook tablet in October. The update wil include the long promised native email, calendar, and contacts as well as the Android App Player which will allow PlayBook users to access hundreds of thousands of Android apps.

Hopefuly RIM will be able to deliver as all of these were promised for "the summer."

In addition, RIM has promised improved BlackBerry Bridge support, enhanced Web browsing, and the launch of a BlackBerry Video store that would offer TV shows and films that can be viewed on users' TVs powered by the HDMI port on the PlayBook.