OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/20655/BlackBerry_OS_Runs_on_Windows_Mobile Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:01:30 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Running apps or a VM? http://osnews.com/thread?340548 http://osnews.com/thread?340548 So ... is this a VM running on Windows Mobile, where the Blackberry OS is running, with Blackberry apps running on top? Or is this just a suite of Blackberry apps running on Windows Mobile? TFA is very light on details, and says that it's both, and yet neither, at the same time. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (phoenix) Comments RE: Running apps or a VM? http://osnews.com/thread?340585 http://osnews.com/thread?340585 Judging by the screen shot... I'd assume it's the REAL Blackberry OS simply running in a Java Virtual Machine. I guess one could run each individual program inside its own java VM, but I doubt it.

However, I could be completely wrong..

Edit... Video up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF039Qqa_kg

It is in fact the entire BlackBerry OS running in a VM. It loads up like a regular BlackBerry and everything.Edited 2008-12-17 16:16 UTC Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Piranha) Comments RE[2]: Running apps or a VM? http://osnews.com/thread?340589 http://osnews.com/thread?340589
Edit... Video up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF039Qqa_kg

It is in fact the entire BlackBerry OS running in a VM. It loads up like a regular BlackBerry and everything.


Okay, good, so it's not just another case of the media confusing "virtualisation" with "running apps".

Thanks for the update. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (phoenix) Comments