BlackBerry Colt The First QNX Phone From RIM

RIM will launch BlackBerry Colt, the RIM’s first QNX-based smartphone. According to Boy Genius Report, the first mobile device to carry the QNX operating system, codenamed the BlackBerry Colt, is slated for release in the first quarter of 2012. It’s currently undergoing internal testing with RIM’s Software Verification team.

The Colt is said to be undergoing internal testing with a single-core chip and promises of including dual-core CPUs. Like the PlayBook, the Colt is not expected to include BlackBerry Enterprise Server at launch. BES, which powers the email, contact and calendar synchronization on BlackBerry OS, is proving more difficult to rewrite for QNX than expected. That is why the PlayBook lacked native email at launch. If this is true, it will negate one of the major reasons why people still purchase the BlackBerry.