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BlackBerry Tablet OS
Developer	BlackBerry Limited
OS family	QNX (Unix-like)
Working state	Discontinued
Source model	Closed source, someopen source components
Initial release	April 19, 2011
Latest release	WiFi 2.1.0.1917 (March 31, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-03-31)) [±][1] LTE 2.1.0.1917 (March 31, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-03-31)) [±][1]
Latest preview	2.1.0.840[2] / August 14, 2012 (2012-08-14)
Marketing target	Consumer and Business
Available in	Multilingual
Update method	OTA
Supported platforms	BlackBerry Playbook (ARM)
Kernel type	Real TimeMicrokernel (QNX)
License	EULA
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Android
Official website	blackberry.com/playbook-tablet
Support status
Unsupported

BlackBerry Tablet OS is an operating system fromBlackBerry Ltd based on theQNX Neutrinoreal-time operating system designed to runAdobe AIR andBlackBerry WebWorks applications, currently available for theBlackBerry PlayBooktablet computer.The BlackBerry Tablet OS is the first tablet running an operating system fromQNX (now a subsidiary of RIM^[3]).

BlackBerry Tablet OS supports standard BlackBerryJava applications. Support forAndroid apps has also been announced, through sandbox "app players" which can be ported by developers or installed through sideloading by users.^[4][5] A BlackBerry Tablet OS Native Development Kit, to develop native applications with theGNU toolchain is currently in closed beta testing. The first device to run BlackBerry Tablet OS was theBlackBerry PlayBooktablet computer.^[6]

A similar QNX-based operating system, known asBlackBerry 10, replaced the long-standingBlackBerry OS on handsets after version 7.^[7]

• BlackBerry OS
• BlackBerry 10

• Meet the Power Behind the BlackBerry Tablet OS, official announcement, QNX website
• Blackberry - Playbook development Overview

• ARM operating systems
• BlackBerry
• Computing platforms
• Embedded operating systems
• Lightweight Unix-like systems
• Microkernel-based operating systems
• Mobile operating systems
• Real-time operating systems
• Tablet operating systems

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