QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image

Re:QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's... by rbanffy on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:22PM (#42082258)

> Bb10 was its own little adventure but had similar draconian dx

I did some development for it but the bureaucracy killed my will to do more.

It was a great phone OS though. The real time nature makes even modest hardware responsive.

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Re:QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's... by stackghost on Thursday November 07, 2024 @09:43PM (#42083584)

The BB10-powered Passport was my favorite device

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Re:QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's... by rbanffy on Friday November 08, 2024 @05:48AM (#42085857)

I still want one. Can’t find any.

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Re:QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's... by stackghost on Friday November 08, 2024 @08:49PM (#42091958)

I still have mine but it's useless because it isn't receiving updates and can't run third party OSes due to the locked down boot chain.

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Re:QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's... by rbanffy on Monday November 11, 2024 @07:18AM (#42106625)

Still runs the base BB 10 apps. My Q-10 still works as a phone. And can read e-mail.

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Re:QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's... by lproven on Monday November 11, 2024 @10:37AM (#42107884)

> The BB10-powered Passport was my favorite device

I loved mine.

My favourite device was my Nokia E90 Communicator. Hardware-formfactor-wise that's the best smartphone I ever owned.

Closed, it's a one-hand T9-driven smart candybar phone. Open, it has a usable QWERTY keyboard, a letterbox screen that can display a slice of an A4 or Legal PDF at readable size. I never watched films on it, but you could do in principle.

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