RIM is going for the end of the year the Colt release. The Colt is the first smartphone of the manufacturer that are not on BlackBerry OS, but QNX is running. That report various sources to Tweakers.net. The specs are unclear.
Various sources from the telecom sector report, independently, that the release probably before the end of this year planned. Until now it was assumed that QNX smartphones until the spring of 2012 on the market would appear. The sources knew no specifications of the device and were also earlier rumors about it not confirm.
The Colt, at the right, a mockup, would, according to an earlier rumor a 4.3″screen with a resolution of 900 pixels plus’. The smartphone would be powered by a Qualcomm MSM8255, the same processor as the Bold 9900, Torch 9810 and Torch 9860. This singlecore-cpu would run at 1.2 GHz.
RIM would be the development of the Colt want to accelerate, because the market share in North America in a free fall. The new platform, QNX, which is already running on the tablet PlayBook in the form of BlackBerry Tablet OS, BlackBerry’s more attractive for consumers.
In addition, RIM may not continue with the BlackBerry OS, because it is for the development of the Java-based system relies on Java-owner Oracle. Although Sun RIM assisted with the development of BlackBerry OS, came with the acquisition of Sun by Oracle to an end. QNX is based on the embedded operating system Neutrino OS that RIM acquired through an acquisition last year.