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BlackBerry OS
BlackBerry OS is a proprietary mobile operating system developed by the Canadian com-
pany RIM used on all BlackBerry devices until BlackBerry 10, which introduced QNX.
BlackBerry RIM is now referred to as BlackBerry Limited. The initial BlackBerry operat-
ing system is known to support specialized functions, such as trackball, trackwheel, track-
pad, and more. BlackBerry OS was initially released in 1999 for the device Pager Black-
Berry 580. BlackBerry QNX (OS 10) uses a Linux variant that was initially introduced
with the BlackBerry Playbook and is now used on BlackBerry devices. With QNX, Black-
Berry World and Balance were introduced along with other features more comparable to
Android and iPhone (
http://searchitchannel.techtarget.com/feature/Introduction-to-the-
BlackBerry
).
The following table provides information about the version history of BlackBerry OS:
Version
Release year
1
1999
3.6
2002
5
2008
6
2010
7
2011
7.1
2012
10
2013
10.1
2013
10.2
2013
BlackBerry OS versions
