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Originally Posted by dangonay
^ QNX is not a rip off of WebOS - it's been around for 20+ years now. The interface might be similar to WebOS, but that's just a layer on top of QNX.
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I'm aware of QNX's background.
The QNX system in the Playbook is new and, while it operates differently in the lower levels of the system compared to WebOS, it nonetheless has much of the same features, functionality, and a very similar interface that was not present prior to the Playbook. The Playbook's QNX OS is adapted from the OS they've been using for BMW's iDrive system. Are you going to tell me that iDrive is similar to WebOS ?
I'm not going to say it's a bad thing because, IMO, WebOS is the best mobile OS on the market right now (attached to some of the crappiest hardware and worst advertising). QNX on the Playbook might be better, I haven't used it yet. The guys at our head office I talked to used both (albeit the TouchPad was in an Alpha version of WebOS 3.0) and they liked the Playbook better.
I still haven't been able to get any info from anywhere as to whether or not the Playbook uses an IPS-based LCD panel, which can also be a deal breaker, IMO. BB's rep and retail hotline couldn't tell me and our HO guys had no clue what I was talking about.