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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[Haha ... First!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tehkseven4evee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 6:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Tehkseven4evee Your first to get down ranked to oblivion ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[liftedngifted1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 6:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[@n0ne<br><br>I retort:<br>……………………………………..________<br>………………………………,.-‘”……………….“~.,<br>………………………..,.-”……………………………..“-.,<br>…………………….,/………………………………………..”:,<br>…………………,?………………………………………………\,<br>………………./…………………………………………………..,}<br>……………../………………………………………………,:`^`..}<br>……………/……………………………………………,:”………/<br>…………..?…..__…………………………………..:`………../<br>…………./__.(…..“~-,_…………………………,:`………./<br>………../(_….”~,_……..“~,_………………..,:`…….._/<br>……….{.._$;_……”=,_…….“-,_…….,.-~-,},.~”;/….}<br>………..((…..*~_…….”=-._……“;,,./`…./”…………../<br>…,,,___.\`~,……“~.,………………..`…..}…………../<br>…………(….`=-,,…….`……………………(……;_,,-”<br>…………/.`~,……`-………………………….\……/\<br>………….\`~.*-,……………………………….|,./…..\,__<br>,,_……….}.>-._\……………………………..|…………..`=~-,<br>…..`=~-,_\_……`\,……………………………\<br>……………….`=~-,,.\,………………………….\<br>…………………………..`:,,………………………`\…………..__<br>……………………………….`=-,……………….,%`>–==“<br>…………………………………._\……….._,-%…….`\<br>……………………………..,< `.._|_,-&``................`\]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[James DiBernardo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 6:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[I would not call QNX a relatively unknown company. They have been in the embedded UNIX business for about 20 years and their microkernel-based design used to be a symbol for robustness.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[vladb38]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 6:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[@vladb38: Totally agree. I used their embedded OS in the early 90s for a project. Solid, reliable stuff then, and it was just getting better. It's unknown to a lot of "user types", I guess, because it's the stuff inside the devices they are using, and you don't see the name. But in programming circles (except maybe Apple stuff), and especially embedded systems programming, QNX was a common name.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[guywithdogs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 7:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[QNX = OS in a 1.44mb disk.<br><br>of coz engadget writers are too young...<br><br>ps: AMIGAOS ftw]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doutorpiranha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 8:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[@vladb38 : Exactly.  Calling them 'unknown' is basically just admitting that you know virtually nothing about the computer industry.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 10:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow non-apple news really is boring.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 6:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[@mark29 <br>and apple news are annoying]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[masta vaan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 6:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[RIM is competing with Nokia and it's Terminal Mode for  mobiles and automotive in-vehicle video and audio and perhaps also with MeeGo and it's desire to expand into that auto systems at the OS level.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 6:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[Love RIM, the two best phones i ever owned were my 8100 and 8900, and even tho their interface is pretty sleek and sexy its not very interesting like winpho7... If Rim updates their UI they could definitely reach top ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SteveyAyo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 7:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[I used the QNX floppy disk and was really impressed how tiny and fast the system is.<br><br>And it supports multitasking even on systems with only eh 4 MB RAM or something...<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[zacman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 7:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[If this somehow is related to OS 6, then I approve. If not, well, damn you RIM...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Plazmic Flame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 7:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[I also wonder why the OS experience of QNX was not mentioned.  They have a very strong real-time UNIX based system that has been used in embedded systems for a while.  Maybe this will be the shot in the arm that the Blackberry OS is in desperate need of.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Havanahjoe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 7:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mm. Unix based Blackberry OS...<br><br>...cue the rooting and jailbreaking.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dragonfli]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 7:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[RIM. LOL.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shoemeister]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 7:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[Seems to be a great way to join the flow to Unix (like OSX and Android), with the benefit a around (from memory) 20 years experience in the controls / embedded world AND getting things right.<br><br>More interesting that when we finally see a product hit the market, the device and it's 20 year old closed operating system will be heralded revolutionary......... Remind you of anything else?<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[randomambling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 8:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[QNX makes a fabulous OS.  It is a microkernel so no matter what crashes the system just hums along, including hardware drivers.  It's realtime which means no stutters in video or audio regardless of how many things the device is busy doing in the background.  It's also very tiny, a plus for any mobile OS.  If you think iphone OS or linux can be trimmed down QNX puts them to shame.  Just like RIM it's a company built by University of Waterloo grads.  One of the great CS schools.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[theluketaylor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 9th 2010 8:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[@theluketaylor Except that QNX isn't really any better than anything else for audio or video. RTOS != low latency, it's bounded latency. QNX's kernel tick is 250 Hz. QNX also has shit for hardware support. Honestly, I have no idea why I would use QNX over a PREEMPT_RT Linux kernel for most applications. Nothing that I can see about QNX is high performance. Their in-car system is based on Flash LOL.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[crs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 10th 2010 3:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[@crs  RTOS is much better for audio and video under load so long, as you say, the latency is low enough.  But once it's low enough you no longer care how low because no matter what you will get your frame decoded.  It's not about performance, it's about guaranteed performance.  Processors in phones don't have a ton of extra horsepower.  If you are calculating a GPS route or downloading a file in the background that could easily lead to skipping audio or dropped video frames.  A RTOS makes those problems go away at runtime so long as you consider the bounds at design time.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[theluketaylor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 10th 2010 8:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on RIM buys QNX, talks in-car infotainment, 'intelligent peripherals']]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/09/rim-buys-qnx-talks-in-car-infotainment-intelligent-peripheral/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's really not a surprise that RIM (a Waterloo startup) is buying up QNX (another Waterloo startup).  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[adage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 10th 2010 11:15AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
