Crunch Time For WebOS, BlackBerry 178
GMGruman writes "Hewlett-Packard is planning to unveil its Palm WebOS strategy in a few weeks, while RIM is allegedly working up a new version of its popular Curve that uses the new BlackBerry OS 6 and its touch interface. WebOS has largely faded from view since HP bought it nine months ago, and RIM's been largely silent since its summer release of the BlackBerry Torch, its first successful modern BlackBerry, and the fall announcement of its PlayBook tablet. Meanwhile, it's been an Apple iOS and Google Android show at CES 2011, in the popular press, and in customers' hands. (Microsoft and Nokia essentially ceased to matter by Christmas 2010.) Is it too late for WebOS and BlackBerry? They're running out of time, and the public signs of their plans are not so positive. Still, the two 'also-ran' mobile OSes have a couple opportunities to resurrect themselves."
Article (Score:2, Informative)
Print version of the article is much easier to read: http://www.infoworld.com/print/148576
Re:Not too late! (Score:4, Informative)
QNX (Score:4, Informative)
Blackberry OS6 is only a placeholder until they port QNX [wikipedia.org] to their smartphones. Blackberry bought QNX last April and there are rumours that the new storm 3 will run on QNX [itproportal.com]. Blackberry already has QNX running on the Playbook. Full multitasking with flash support on a dual core processor. It will be an interesting year but RIM is not preparing to fade away.