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News & Rumors | 54 Comments QNX unveils new Bentley Continental GT concept car QNX has been showing off their car platform technology in a Porsche 911 for a while now, but it seems that they wanted to step things up a bit a lot. As posted on the QNX blog today, their new concept car is a sparkling Bentley Continental GT. Sticking hard to the "go big or go home" attitude...

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May 25, 2013 Should QNX just be called BlackBerry?
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Is the QNX a good thing or should they just change it to BlackBerry?

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Apr 17, 2013 7digital and QNX team up to bring digital music to in-car infotainment systems
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7digital and QNX have announced today that they have partnered up and will be bringing 7digital's catalog of over 23 million songs to the QNX car platform. BlackBerry has worked extensively with 7digital in the past, most recently integrating their digital music store with the BlackBerry World storefront. Now, any vehicles using QNX-powered devices will be able to integrate the entire digital music store directly into in-vehicle systems. The new partnership will allow for users to purchase digital music on the go, right from their dashboard in vehicles like Audi, BMW, Honda and Toyota. 

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Jan 29, 2013 History of QNX and its Implementation in BlackBerry 10
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When BlackBerry 10 launches this week, it will mark a major transition in the underlying operating system that powers BlackBerry. From the moment that BlackBerry 10 hits the market, the operating system that powers devices will now be the QNX Neutrino Real Time Operating System (RTOS).

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Jan 10, 2013 Dan Dodge shows off the QNX Bentley concept car at CES
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QNX unveiled their latest concept car at CES this week and it was a big hit on the show floor. A Bentley GT is always an eye-catcher, but outfit it will crazy QNX goodies and it's even more over the top. The QNX Porsche was awesome, but this Bentley is ten a hundred times as awesome. Kevin took the driver's seat as Dan Dodge himself took him through all of the QNX features in the car ranging from the oversized touchscreen console right down to the digital dash cluster (which has the same core as the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha). 

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Jan 08, 2013 QNX unveils new Bentley Continental GT concept car
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QNX has been showing off their car platform technology in a Porsche 911 for a while now, but it seems that they wanted to step things up a bit a lot. As posted on the QNX blog today, their new concept car is a sparkling Bentley Continental GT. Sticking hard to the "go big or go home" attitude, QNX has gone all out this round. The new concept car features a huge center stack with full HD graphics, optical touch input technology and a physical control knob to be mounted directly on the screen. The screen supports full 3D naviagtion, media player and even as the car's virtual mechanic. 

The digital dash cluster is also customizable and features a tach, gas gauge, temperature gauge and much more. Of course you'll also find voice control, smartphone support and much more in this crazy tricked out car. I for one am excited to check this bad boy out in person (whenever that may be). Plenty more to come on this for sure, but for now head over to the QNX blog for more and keep reading for the full press release.

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Jan 07, 2013 Press Release: QNX Announces New In-Car Speech Recognition Framework to Understand a Speaker's Intent
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The QNX car platform has has done some amazing things over the years and today adds another great feature to their already big arsenal. The new in-car speech recognition framework will now recognize a speakers intent for voice commands. The framework allows applications to access AT&T Watson which provides a more natural understanding of spoken commands. This means users can do things like create calendar appointments, dictate email, give voice navigation instructions or even perfom internet searches. Very cool stuff that adds to the already amazing QNX car platform. Check out the full press release below.

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Jan 04, 2013 QNX shows what the future may hold - Some very amazing stuff!
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This video from QNX really shows us the potential power that they may well give cars in the future. Though the video is from November, the RIM owned company has once again got our juices flowing with this sneak peak into what they are likely working on. With QNX-based BlackBerry 10 launching later this month, I wouldn't be surprised if we see some sweet integration between phone and car in the years ahead. Who knows how much of what QNX are demonstrating may be close to release? Only time will tell but it looks exciting stuff. Continue Reading →
Jan 02, 2013 Canonical announces its Ubuntu smartphone OS, aims for complete convergence of computing
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Back on January 22nd, 2012, when Thorsten Heins took over as President and CEO of Research In Motion, many folks were eager to hear his thoughts on the future of BlackBerry. After the initial breaking in period where he outlined all the upcoming changes, he started to talk more about 'mobile computing' and the 'convergence' of technologies such as smartphones, laptops and desktop computers and how a next generation computing platform was the ultimate goal for Research In Motion. As it turns out, he wasn't the only one thinking of these things.

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Nov 21, 2012 Interview with Mark Rigley, QNX Concept Design Team Lead [video]
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Nov 13, 2012 QNX CAR 2 platform named as an International CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree
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When RIM purchased QNX from Harman International, they didn't just purchase the bit and pieces that their next operating system would be built on. No, they purchased a full-fledged business that has been active in numerous sectors since it began in 1980 and to this day, is still continuing to grow each year.

The QNX CAR 2 application platform covers the vehicle infotainment sector has now been recognized as a International CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree, in the Software & Mobile Apps category. If you're not familiar with the awards, in order to be considered, a product needs to demonstrate innovative design and engineering and judges have now determined the QNX CAR 2 platforms fits in nicely there.

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Oct 17, 2012 Analysis: Can BlackBerry leverage its HTML5 strength to further own the automotive infotainment market?
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Yesterday, QNX Software Systems (wholly owned by Research In Motion), made two important announcements. The first, and most important, is the pending launch of an SDK for the automotive market. This December, based on RIM's open source WebWorks project, the HTML5 SDK for the QNX Car 2 application platform will be released.

The second announcement pertains to support for the Nvidia Tegra chipsets for in-vehicle use. This gives the QNX SDK the power to do high quality video renders of things like Google Earth.

Together, what does this means? Think about the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK modified (and extended) to accommodate the kinds of things you'd want to do within a car infotainment system. Specific APIs have been created so developers can get access to actual car data, and control certain systems. For example, a developer might want to have data on speed, acceleration, GPS position, but might also like to control the car's heating and air conditioning system, or interact with the display and audio system.

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Oct 16, 2012 QNX to Include Support for NVIDIA Tegra Processor Family in QNX CAR 2 Application Platform
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QNX announced today that they are working with NVIDIA and will support the NVIDIA Tegra processor in the new QNX Car 2 application platform. The small Tegra processor incorporates a quad-core ARM CPU, NVIDIA GeForce GPU and audio, video and image processors. The processor allows for video and audio playback that puts little stress on a vehicles system. The QNX technology is licenesed to millions of vehicles for systems including navigation, instrument clusters, hands-free systems and more. Keep reading for the full press release. 

QNX and NVIDIA to showcase advanced infotainment system featuring live Google Earth navigation at SAE Convergence 2012

DETROIT, MICHIGAN--(Marketwire - October 16, 2012) - SAE Convergence 2012 (booths 815, 809) - QNX Software Systems Limited, a global leader in software platforms for in-car infotainment and telematics systems, today announced that it is working with NVIDIA to bring advanced infotainment solutions to the automotive market. As part of this initiative, the companies will integrate support for the NVIDIA® Tegra® processor into the QNX CARTM 2 application platform.

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Sep 01, 2012 An extended demo of the QNX CAR 2 application platform
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Jul 05, 2012 RIM cuts down summer vacation for Ottawa staff; Bumps work week to six days
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Jul 03, 2012 BlackBerry 10: Building a Platform vs. Launching a Product
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May 01, 2012 Pacemaker Shows Off Upcoming App for BlackBerry PlayBook
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Apr 20, 2012 Could RIM’s future be in cloud connected cars?
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When RIM bought QNX back in April of 2010, many industry pundits suspected that the Java-based BlackBerry OS would die, and QNX would form the basis of a new operating system. This was clearly correct.

But at the time, Mike Lazaridis, a founder of RIM and then co-CEO, sidestepped questions about the future of BlackBerry OS. I remember talking to Jim Balsillie about QNX at BlackBerry World one month after RIM bought them. Instead of Jim answering my question directly, he said, "What did Mike say?" I told him Mike had casually stated that "The car is the ultimate accessory for a BlackBerry". Jim smiled as if to suggest, "good cover".

We're sitting on the cusp of a complete re-write of RIM. The executive team, the software, the hardware, and hopefully the marketing too. And outside of CrackBerry (see Kevin's discussion on the Playbook-powered Porsche), there aren't too many people talking about RIM's opportunity in the vehicle market.

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Mar 17, 2012 A closer look at the awesome QNX CAR 2 application platform
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Mar 02, 2012 NewBay streams cloud-stored music to QNX Porsche
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Feb 28, 2012 Check out this Porsche 911 loaded with BlackBerry technology!
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Jan 13, 2012 Sitting down at CES in the QNX-powered Porsche Concept Car... Crazy Awesome In-Car Infotainment That I Wantz to Have NAO!
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I'm seriously pi$$ed I spent $500 on that BlackBerry clock app yesterday as that money really needs to be going into my new car fund so I can pick up some new wheels when the QNX concepts being shown off at CES2012 hit the market. 

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Jan 09, 2012 QNX Software Systems shows off latest Porsche Carrera concept car at CES
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We've seen a couple of concept cars from QNX in the past, and the latest being shown at CES 2012 goes above and beyond anything we have seen to date. The Porsche Carrera is pre-integrated with QNX products and third-party technologies to deliver an experience like no other. You can watch the video above to get a feel for what went into designing the car, and check out the full press release after the break for an in-depth look at just what this amazing concept can do. 

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Oct 13, 2011 Will RIM allow themes for QNX devices or are those days over?
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Back when the BlackBerry PlayBook first launched the question of themes and customizations came up and while the answer to the question "Will the PlayBook be skinnable?" was never really dismissed -- it was never taken seriously either. It only garnered a response that when broken down equated to if the demand is there, it might eventually be considered as an option. Well, that never happened despite the demand being there and to this day, theme developers still have no access to creating themes on the BlackBerry PlayBook.

Now, with BlackBerry 7 devices out -- theme developers are once again stuck waiting on RIM to update the BlackBerry Theme Studio so that themes can be created for BlackBerry 7 devices. Their has been no mention of if and when the update will come but as we all know -- DevCon is only a few days away so that may bring a new release but what if it doesn't?

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Oct 07, 2011 RIM Precedent: Will we be going hands-on with a QNX (BBX) BlackBerry Phone at DevCon, or will it be a "hands-on glass" tease?
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Oct 03, 2011 BBDoodle: Don't Fear, Super Dan is here to save the BlackBerry Day with QNX Power!
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We're starting a new regular feature here at CrackBerry to give you a little extra smile each week: the BBDoodle from Jason Harrison, founder of BrowCo.com, whose work you may have seen before in the form of PreDoodles on PreCentral.net. Look for more Doodles on all of our Mobile Nations sites soon too! Have a great idea for a BBDoodle? Send an email to doodles@mobilenations.com and Jason'll take a gander.

In celebrating the one year anniversary of the BlackBerry PlayBook last week, I re-watched the video of the live announcement from BlackBerry DevCon 2010. Research In Motion founder and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis unveils the BlackBerry PlayBook, makes his way through some power point slides highlighting the hardware and features, and from there invites to the stage "the founder of QNX and inventor of the BlackBerry Tablet OS, Dan Dodge." From there Dan -- or Super Dan as I like to call him -- excitedly walks through the Power of QNX.

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Sep 27, 2011 Looking at the competition: Does the HP Pre 3 gives us a glimmer of what QNX may look like on a BlackBerry?
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Sep 26, 2011 QNX Developer Phone to be BlackBerry Colt? First Commercial QNX BlackBerry Smartphone to support LTE?!
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On the recent RIM earnings call one of the most unexpected things said by RIM's Founder and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis was this:

"Well, we've got a lot of planned announcements at DevCon in October, and we've got -- we'll be announcing our new development platform for QNX and our QNX-based phones. We'll be launching the development phones, so that people can start experiencing the QNX phones and the applications. So we've got a lot of things planned. At this point, we want to be careful not to give up too many of our secrets and specifications of the product and delivery dates. But we're very excited, and the fact that we've already got the development phones operating right now and we're testing them is a great sign" 

The announcement that QNX developer phones would be present at the BlackBerry Developers Conference next month definitely came as a surprise to me. And heck, I wouldn't doubt it came as a surprise to many a RIM employee as well (just like how Jim Balsillie said the PlayBook would get native email in 60 days...lol). This definitely is a new move for RIM. Typically new moves for RIM end up having a back story to them, and by piecing together various rumors and intel I think I have a pretty good hypothesis of what's happening here.

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ikerrin

The QNX in cars theme is ok, but I would love to read more stories about QNX in other situations like power plants and space shuttles. I feel like I have a good sense of the car story.

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