BlackBerry OS is a discontinued proprietary mobile operating system developed by Canadian company Research In Motion for its BlackBerry line of smartphone handheld devices. The operating system provides multitasking and supports specialized input devices adopted by BlackBerry for use in its handhelds, particularly the QWERTY keyboard, trackwheel, trackball, and in later years, the trackpad and touchscreen.
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SignificanceApproximately 45% of mobile developers were using the platform as of June 2011 1 Classification
LicenseProprietary (Closed Source) 1 Connections
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Source Wikipedia: BlackBerry OS
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1. Wikipedia: BlackBerry OS
Infobox, released
1999 1 19 (as Version 1.0 for BlackBerry 850 pager)
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Research from June 2011 indicated that approximately 45% of mobile developers were using the platform.
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BlackBerry OS is a discontinued proprietary mobile operating system developed by Canadian company Research In Motion for its BlackBerry line of smartphone handheld devices.
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BlackBerry OS is a discontinued proprietary mobile operating system developed by Canadian company Research In Motion for its BlackBerry line of smartphone handheld devices.
In Field: Operating Systems, Lead sentence
BlackBerry OS is a discontinued proprietary mobile operating system developed by Canadian company Research In Motion (now BlackBerry Limited) for its BlackBerry line of smartphone handheld devices.
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