BlackBerry OS

BlackBerry OS is a proprietary mobile operating system for the BlackBerry line of smartphones, both developed by BlackBerry Limited (formerly Research In Motion). BlackB...

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Blackberry 10

What is BlackBerry OS?

BlackBerry OS is a proprietary mobile operating system for the BlackBerry line of smartphones, both developed by BlackBerry Limited (formerly Research In Motion). BlackBerry 10 is based on QNX, a Unix-like operating system that was originally developed by QNX Software Systems until the company was acquired by BlackBerry in April 2010. As a result of the acquisition, BlackBerry released BlackBerry Tablet OS for the BlackBerry PlayBook, large parts of which were subsumed by BlackBerry 10.

It supports the application framework Qt (version 4.8) and features an Android icon Android runtime to run Android applications. Prior to version 10.3.1, BlackBerry 10 also supported the Adobe AIR icon Adobe AIR runtime. The user interface uses a combination of gestures and touch-based interactions for navigation and control, making it possible to control a device without having to press any physical buttons, with the exception of the power button that switches the device on or off. It also supports hardware keyboards, including ones which support touch input.

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Discontinued

In April 2016 BlackBerry announced that they will no longer release new BlackBerry 10 devices to solely focus on Android icon Android devices. The company will end the support for the operating system at the end of 2019.

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Developed byBlackBerry Limited
LicensingProprietary and Free product.
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