RIM Says It Will License BlackBerry 10 to Other Manufacturers

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Posted August 13, 2012 at 11:25pm by Shalom Levytam

RIM has revealed that it plans to license BlackBerry 10 to other manufacturers, according to a Bloomberg report.

Thorsten Heins, president and chief executive officer of Research In Motion Ltd., speaks at the company's annual shareholders meeting in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, on July 10, 2012. RIM's Blackberry 10 operating system will be ready to license soon.

The new platform is in the final stages of testing, and RIM is now considering how other companies may be able to use it in a range of products, Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins said today. The BlackBerry 10 lineup was built on software called QNX, which is used in cars, nuclear plants and military drones.

"QNX is already licensed across the automotive sector --we could do that with BB10 if we chose to," Heins, who has begun to carry a BB10 phone for his own use, said in an interview at Bloomberg's headquarters in New York. "The platform can be licensed."

RIM's future appears to be resting on the success of BlackBerry 10 with many hoping that Samsung might license the operating system. It was launched to developers in May. Check it out here.

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RIM Says It Will License BlackBerry 10 to Other Manufacturers

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Nitro Junkie - August 14, 2012 at 4:20pm

Oh GOD! I have uncontrollable diarrhea!! My rectum is on fire!!

Simon - August 14, 2012 at 2:18pm

Can't believe RIM is still in business.

Djelimon17 - August 14, 2012 at 9:44am

I guess the argument is that qnx/bb10 has a smaller footprint than droid and therefor scales better downward, allowing manufacturers to pack more features in lower end devices. Might play out in the 3rd world

Curtix - August 14, 2012 at 5:58am

What about that was copying the iPhone?

JuergenWest - August 14, 2012 at 6:16am

Form factor

Curtix - August 14, 2012 at 5:13pm

LOL, that isn't a actual phone dude. It's just a prop. Something to exibit the OS on. Basically they are either playing a video on some player (maybe even an iPhone) or have super imposed a video on a prop. And even if it were, should every other manufacturer but Apple make circular, square, spherical phones? There was nothing overly origional about the sqare design even when Apple did it. There still isn't.

Curtix - August 14, 2012 at 5:45am

Liscencing the BB OS is EXACTLY what we need! We need a new, fresh alternative to push inovation and development. This is very good news.

Adcpolo - August 14, 2012 at 5:15am

Hahaha! 3 year olds text faster than that!!

LOL - August 14, 2012 at 3:17am

Wow looks great!!!, if this was released 7-8 years ago....-__-

Barney - August 14, 2012 at 2:39am

Way too little Too late..

tdtran1025 - August 14, 2012 at 12:23am

Shoddy build quality, total lack of cross-platform interoperability, and cluelessness in gauging customers' desires. Why r u still in business?

tdtran1025 - August 14, 2012 at 12:19am

Am I reading it right? This is insulting to those manufacturers who are looking to establish a market. First choice would be iOS, but they can't have it. So naturally they would adopt the second alternative, which is free. It's sad that The idiot CEO failed to heed the calls from their own engineers years ago, when the iPhone made debut, to give them freedom to innovate. Swallow the poison pill to end your misery!

Jesus - August 14, 2012 at 12:18am

This if the exact same phone as the iphone i hope apple sues blackberry if this comes out as i saw it.

Ariel Sharun - August 13, 2012 at 11:47pm

Maybe just maybe bbm will be cross platform ?!