BlackBerry Tablet OS

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{{Infobox OS

| name = BlackBerry Tablet OS

| logo = File:Blackberry Logo.svg

| screenshot =

| caption = The BlackBerry PlayBook running Blackberry Tablet OS

| family = QNX (Unix-like)

| developer = BlackBerry Limited

| working_state = Discontinued

| source_model = Closed source, some open source components

| released = April 19, 2011

| latest_preview_version = 2.1.0.840[http://crackberry.com/blackberry-playbook-os-210840-developers-now-available BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1.0.840 for developers now available]

| latest_preview_date = {{release date|2012|08|14}}

| marketing_target = Consumer and Business

| language = Multilingual

| updatemodel = OTA

| supported_platforms = BlackBerry Playbook (ARM)

| kernel_type = Real Time Microkernel (QNX)

| license = EULA

| preceded_by = none

| succeeded_by = Android

| website = {{URL|blackberry.com/playbook-tablet}}

| support status = Unsupported

}}

BlackBerry Tablet OS is an operating system from BlackBerry Ltd based on the QNX Neutrino real-time operating system designed to run Adobe AIR and BlackBerry WebWorks applications, currently available for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer.

The BlackBerry Tablet OS is the first tablet running an operating system from QNX (now a subsidiary of RIM[http://www.qnx.com/news/pr_4114_1.html QNX announces it will be a subsidiary of RIM]).

BlackBerry Tablet OS supports standard BlackBerry Java applications. Support for Android apps has also been announced, through sandbox "app players" which can be ported by developers or installed through sideloading by users.[http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/12/07/rimm-to-add-android-app-compatibility-to-qnx-tablet-platform RIM to add Android app compatibility to QNX PlayBook tablet?] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815092916/http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/12/07/rimm-to-add-android-app-compatibility-to-qnx-tablet-platform |date=August 15, 2011 }}[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-10/rim-is-said-to-plan-playbook-tablet-software-to-run-google-s-android-apps.html RIM Said to Plan PlayBook Software to Run Google Apps] A BlackBerry Tablet OS Native Development Kit, to develop native applications with the GNU toolchain is currently in closed beta testing. The first device to run BlackBerry Tablet OS was the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer.[http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/RIM-Unveils-The-BlackBerry-PlayBook-NASDAQ-RIMM-1325727.htm RIM Unveils The BlackBerry PlayBook], official press release, September 27, 2010

A similar QNX-based operating system, known as BlackBerry 10, replaced the long-standing BlackBerry OS on handsets after version 7.[http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/details-of-first-qnx-blackberry-phones-revealed-951679/ RIM VP reconfirms QNX phones], TechRadar