18 Dec
2022
18 Dec
'22
9:08 p.m.
On 2022-12-18 09:05, Liam Proven wrote (in part):
[...]
But returning to QNX: my impression is, they
implemented a GUI and
multimedia frameworks for Amiga, Amiga changed its mind, and QNX
offered it as a PC dev kit for a while.
E.g.
https://archive.org/details/qnx-neutrino-rtos-x86-runtime-kit-6.3.0-sp3
QNX initially ran only on x86 kit. I do not recall a GUI at that time.
But the only mass-market end-user-facing graphical
multimedia-capable
QNX devices I know of were the Blackberry X smartphones. (And
cancelled tablet and netbook.)
The BB10 i/f was designed by TAT
(https://www.engadget.com/2010-12-02-rim-buys-tat-blackberry-ui-in-danger-of…)
I owned a Blackberry Passport. A lovely device with a
lovely OS... but
too late and it flopped.
Quite so.
N.