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It's Official: Ford Dumps Windows for QNX

posted by janrinok on Saturday December 13 2014, @05:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the BlackBerry-Inc-mops-its-brow dept.

"gewg_" writes:

El Reg reports

As foreshadowed in February, Ford has announced a new in-car entertainment and communications system that will run on BlackBerry's QNX real-time operating system, not Windows as is the case for the company's current efforts.

Ford Sync 3 will offer touch-screen and voice recognition controls. The latter will allow drivers to command both their vehicle and apps on their phone. Siri control is another feature.

The auto-maker's offered a touch-screen system for some time now, but it's widely regarded as one of its weak points. A complete refresh on a new operating system therefore looks like a good move.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Saturday December 13 2014, @11:56PM

    by Nerdfest (80) on Saturday December 13 2014, @11:56PM (#125854)

    BMW is also Apple*only*. That is an absolute non-starter in many people's books, and a bad move on BMW's part.

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