It does not use the BlackBerryoperatingsystem; instead RIM has developed a newOSbased onQNX, a Unix-like operating system widely used in embedded systems.
Each has struggled recently, Sony breaking up from the SonyEricsson partnership, Blackberry (ex RIM) with its failed tablet launch and delays to its BB10 OS platform, LG with the disastrous flirtation with Windows OS, and HTC.