When BlackBerry announced its new QNX operating system a few years ago the tech world was underwhelmed. BlackBerry promised stunning performance and features on smartphones and tablets, but when QNX arrived the reception was tepid. As it turns out, BlackBerry had more to be proud of than we thought and we are just now finding out how valuable QNX might be.
Apple has already based its Carplay on QNX. Ford has been thinking about moving away from Microsoft in favor of QNX. Even Google's in car offerings are expected to run on QNX. Could this be the silver bullet for BlackBerry? Probably not, but it will generate some energy for the company as they grow the platform. CEO John Chen referenced QNX in a recent earnings call:
BlackBerry purchased QNX back in 2010 and it may prove instrumental in saving the company from certain doom.
Apple has already based its Carplay on QNX. Ford has been thinking about moving away from Microsoft in favor of QNX. Even Google's in car offerings are expected to run on QNX. Could this be the silver bullet for BlackBerry? Probably not, but it will generate some energy for the company as they grow the platform. CEO John Chen referenced QNX in a recent earnings call:
QNX is probably one of the crown jewels. Every time I come here, our partners call me and customers call me that really want to work with us on QNX...The plan is to invest in this and grow. The plan is to go by other vertical because we are doing very well in automotive vertical, we are going to continue to focus on that, but we're going to start looking in adjacent verticals to expand the business. In addition to that, we're going to build a platform that are cloud based, that is going to be machine-to-machine based architecture.
BlackBerry purchased QNX back in 2010 and it may prove instrumental in saving the company from certain doom.