Blackberry 10

BlackBerry 10 (proper spelling BlackBerry 10) is an operating system of the Canadian company's BlackBerry, which is installed on smartphones and tablet computers of the brand BlackBerry since the end of January 2013. The system was unveiled on October 19, 2011 at the in-house developers conference DevCon in San Francisco and is largely based on the QNX operating system and its microkernel. BlackBerry 10 will replace the classic BlackBerry OS completely. The first unit of the manufacturer with the new operating system was the BlackBerry Z10 that presented on January 30, 2013, and is sold from January 31, 2013 in the UK.

Interface and Operation

BlackBerry devices in the Z series can be completely controlled via the touch screen without buttons. The operating system is based heavily on gesture control. So the phone can be released to the top of the screen with a wiper from the bottom.

A central component of the operating system is the hub, which collects news from various sources. Thus, calls, text messages, tweets, Facebook messages and e - mails of all registered accounts in one place will be displayed.

If the smartphone is unlocked, appears in contrast to other operating systems such as Android, first, the Task Manager with the open apps.

Technology

BlackBerry 10 has been designed from scratch, because come as a target system not only smartphones but also tablet PCs like the BlackBerry Playbook in question. The core of the operating system comes from QNX, its proprietary real-time operating system in many embedded systems, is used and is used for example in the plant control or the automotive industry. According to information from RIM apps for BlackBerry should be able to be developed 10 in C and C , HTML5 will support. According to media reports, it also should be able to run Android apps on BlackBerry 10. BlackBerry 10 is approved for the confidential communications of the NATO authorities.

Trademarks

After the announcement of BlackBerry 10 under the name " BBX " was known that this might hurt naming rights of the software company basis. The company has announced to take legal action against Research In Motion. Meanwhile, a U.S. court has the use of the name " BBX " forbidden, whereupon Blackberry has changed it into " BlackBerry 10".

Revision history

First version

Navigation Shortcut for " Previous / Next Message "
Keyboard shortcut for the last unread message
E -mail synchronization
Two -Factor Authentication for Twitter and LinkedIn
New search box in BlackBerry Remember

Priority Hub
Wi-Fi Direct and Miracast ( Q10/Z30 )
Support for Android 4.2.2 Apps

28/01/2014

Native support for Android apps (. Apk files)
Like pinch-to -zoom gesture in the hub for priorities
Answer a call instantly by text message
SMS and e -mail distribution list
Contact groups
Keyboard shortcuts and buttons for speed dial keyboard models (Q- series and P- series )
Customizable quick menu
Offline mode for the web browser
Instant notifications for inbound message at the top (SMS, email, ...)