RIM’s hard at work trying to get their first QNX-powered BlackBerry smartphone – codenamed ‘Colt” out the door for early next year. Word has it that the device currently in testing is only running on a single-core processor and doesn’t support RIM’s signature BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Apparently it’s been hard getting QNX and BES to play nice together, as evidenced by the lack of stand-alone e-mail and other personal productivity apps on the PlayBook tablet. The competing enterprise-grade standard, ActiveSync, will apparently work out of the box, however. The phone currently in testing is code-named Colt, which we can only assume is the high-end all-touch device that has previously been hinted at by RIM.
I’m curious to see if RIM manages to squeeze in a new dual-core processor before launch, but that seems like one of those important parts that needs to be set pretty early on in the testing phase. Although it’s bizarre to imagine a BlackBerry without BES support, I’m sure that’s one of those things that will be ready for launch. Considering the PlayBook has gone this long without any proper BES controls however, I worry that it will continue to be a thorn in RIM’s side which ultimately causes delays in their first QNX devices.
The sad fact is, RIM needs dual-core smartphones yesterday, not in six months. If the latest batch of OS 7 BlackBerry handsets really won’t be upgradeable to QNX, RIM will have even less lee-way with consumers that are looking at a ton of viable alternatives from Android, iOS, and even Windows Phone. What would RIM’s first QNX phone need to have to re-establish BlackBerry as a leader in the wireless game? Is it too late for them to turn things around?
Source: BGR via Intomobile
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What the hell. Now there’s gonna be this new BlackBerry Colt with QNX zzzz… that will be released Q1 2012 -_-
What the hell. Now there’s gonna be this new BlackBerry Colt with QNX zzzz… that will be released Q1 2012 -_-
What the hell. Now there’s gonna be this new BlackBerry Colt with QNX zzzz… that will be released Q1 2012 -_-
What the hell. Now there’s gonna be this new BlackBerry Colt with QNX zzzz… that will be released Q1 2012 -_-
What the hell. Now there’s gonna be this new BlackBerry Colt with QNX zzzz… that will be released Q1 2012 -_-
What the hell. Now there’s gonna be this new BlackBerry Colt with QNX zzzz… that will be released Q1 2012 -_-
What the hell. Now there’s gonna be this new BlackBerry Colt with QNX zzzz… that will be released Q1 2012 -_-
What the hell. Now there’s gonna be this new BlackBerry Colt with QNX zzzz… that will be released Q1 2012 -_-
What the hell. Now there’s gonna be this new BlackBerry Colt with QNX zzzz… that will be released Q1 2012 -_-
What the hell. Now there’s gonna be this new BlackBerry Colt with QNX zzzz… that will be released Q1 2012 -_-
What the hell. Now there’s gonna be this new BlackBerry Colt with QNX zzzz… that will be released Q1 2012 -_-