BlackBerry unveils Jarvis, security software solution for self-driving cars

With the pressure to create compelling mobile phone solutions out of the way, thanks largely to the stellar continuity provided by TCL Corporation's purchase and continuing of the BlackBerry handset division, BlackBerry can focus on developing security software designed around the surging self-driving car market.

Named Jarvis, a possible tip of the hat to the british-accented A.I. that assists Iron Man, the jarvis from BlackBerry is a digital watchdog. Jarvis will assist automakers with the safety backups needed to desigm effective and safe autonomous driving solutions. Various carmakers (Tesla, Cadillac) already ship cars with autonomous driving features, these are still subject to regulations and in many cases are undergoing strict compliance testing.

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CES 2018: BlackBerry Motion coming to US, KEYOne Bronze Edition added in 2018

TCL Communication has remained steady with its portfolio of true to character BlackBerry devices. good news here are CES 2018 is that there will be two new smartphones coming in 2018. The BlackBerry Motion, which is the robust all-screen model we saw late last year, is coming to the US market starting on January 12.

The impressive BlackBerry KEYOne will soon have a Bronze Edition to join the original silver and space black variants. A Dual-SIM version is also slated for the KEYOne hitting global markets and TCL promises imminent Android 8.0 Oreo updates for the line.

BlackBerry creates Innovation Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

BlackBerry just announced the QNX Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Centre (AVIC). Housed within the BlackBerry QNX facility in Ottawa, Ontario, the centre will accelerate the realization of connected and self-driving vehicles by developing production-ready software independently and in collaboration with partners in the private and public sector. 

As part of this initiative, BlackBerry QNX plans to recruit and hire local software engineers to work on ongoing and emerging engineering projects for connected and autonomous cars. The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario recently approved BlackBerry QNX to test autonomous vehicles on Ontario roads as part of a pilot program. One of the centre’s first projects will be supporting this pilot as well as BlackBerry QNX’s work with the University of Waterloo, PolySync, and Renesas Electronics to build an autonomous concept vehicle. 

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BlackBerry might be coming out with another Android-powered phone with a physical keyboard

While BlackBerry has shifted to software instead of hardware, it seems there is one more keyboard smartphone heading our way. BlackBerry CEO John Chen told Emily Chang of Bloomberg TV that there is still one keyboard phone coming and it might just be the last one the company builds in-house. The DTEK50 and DTEK60 were built by TCL. Before those two Android smartphones, there was the Priv. We don’t know yet what kind of smartphone BlackBerry plans to release, whether it’ll take the Priv’s design or pay an homage to the likes of the Classic.

Source: Android Central