The 7-inch tablet made by RIM (BlackBerry) two years ago? BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins announced that the promised BlackBerry 10 update for all PlayBook isn't going to push through. BlackBerry's sole justification of leaving PlayBook behind is that they wanted to focus and give more attention to core products since it wasn't able to deliver good performance in terms of profit. "In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore." BlackBerry PlayBook was released in April 2011. It did received an update to it's OS dubbed PlayBook OS 2.0 last year that enhanced the independence of the tablet from a BlackBerry smartphone and also had the ability to sideload Android applications. Two of the candidates in this list (BlackBerry OS 10 and Windows Phone 8) are already out in the market, while three are still in the last phase of development and is scheduled to make its debut in the latter part of this year. BlackBerry OS 10 Company: BlackBerry Ltd. (formerly known as Research In Motion) Source Model: Closed source OS Architecture: Real-time Microkernel (QNX) Supported Programming Language: JavaScript, CSS, HTML Supported App Framework: Qt/QML and HTML5 User Interface: BlackBerry 10 UI Min. Read more in our articles including "BlackBerry PlayBook won't be getting BlackBerry OS 10" and "The race to break the OS duopoly".
The 7-inch tablet made by RIM (BlackBerry) two years ago? BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins announced that the promised BlackBerry 10 update for all PlayBook isn't going to push through.
BlackBerry's sole justification of leaving PlayBook behind is that they wanted to focus and give more attention to core products since it wasn't able to deliver good performance in terms of profit. "In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore." BlackBerry PlayBook was released in April 2011. It did received an update to it's OS dubbed PlayBook OS 2.0 last year that enhanced the independence of the tablet from a BlackBerry smartphone and also had the ability to sideload Android applications.
Our coverage of blackberry os 10 includes: "BlackBerry PlayBook won't be getting BlackBerry OS 10"; "The race to break the OS duopoly"; "BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 to run Android 4.1 apps". Each article provides unique insights and information.