Ford has done a lot of great things
Dropping MS is one
Won't buy one because of terrible voice system and they got dinged by customer satisfaction scores it's a it barrier
So ford dumps the POS ms system and partners with..... Blackberry qnx system
WTF
Let's embrace a dead system
Ford screwed the pooch with that one
Go with the best ford
Just terrible announcement
Get an interface customers can choose
Add on apple interface for my iPhone
Ford go with a winner
Ford had promise ......no more
Ck thAt off my list
QNX predates Blackberry, it's an extremely capable real-time operating system that's POSIX compliant. It's in it's basics just as good and in many ways superior to the MACH/BSD foundation of OS X/iOS.
Blackberry getting that OS as a base is a greate move, albeit way (too?) late, and the only thing I hate about that move is that BB might take that OS down the drain along with them. QNX is highly efficient, low overhead and a true real-time OS, something Apple can't claim for Darwin, even though they can try to approximate it with MACH's fixed priority threads. (If you don't know what a real-time OS is, look it up on Wikipedia, they probably also have an entry on QNX, too...)
In any case Ford picking QNX is not a bad choice, particularly for all we know other computers in Ford's cars might already run on QNX. It's not the OS that matters, but the integration and UI, and for Ford also the terms of licensing. You can bet that licensing QNX is a lot less onerous than dealing with Apple's terms...
how is network access provided?they need a customer supplied phone and service? or how?
That is totally wide open. Manufacturers could use a model like with OnStar or like Amazon uses for their Kindle products (internet included for built-in functionality like traffic updates, etc.) or they can include mobile data in subscription plans (traffic updates, map updates, internet radio for $x/year), or they could choose a model where it's tethered to the iPhone.
None of that is a technical issue, it's a marketing question.
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QNX predates Blackberry, it's an extremely capable real-time operating system that's POSIX compliant. It's in it's basics just as good and in many ways superior to the MACH/BSD foundation of OS X/iOS.
Blackberry getting that OS as a base is a greate move, albeit way (too?) late, and the only thing I hate about that move is that BB might take that OS down the drain along with them. QNX is highly efficient, low overhead and a true real-time OS, something Apple can't claim for Darwin, even though they can try to approximate it with MACH's fixed priority threads. (If you don't know what a real-time OS is, look it up on Wikipedia, they probably also have an entry on QNX, too...)
In any case Ford picking QNX is not a bad choice, particularly for all we know other computers in Ford's cars might already run on QNX. It's not the OS that matters, but the integration and UI, and for Ford also the terms of licensing. You can bet that licensing QNX is a lot less onerous than dealing with Apple's terms...
That is totally wide open. Manufacturers could use a model like with OnStar or like Amazon uses for their Kindle products (internet included for built-in functionality like traffic updates, etc.) or they can include mobile data in subscription plans (traffic updates, map updates, internet radio for $x/year), or they could choose a model where it's tethered to the iPhone.
None of that is a technical issue, it's a marketing question.