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BlackBerry didn't die. It's in your car

Posted 16 Oct 2026

Sources

• BlackBerry Form 10-K, year ended 28 Feb 2026sec.govQNX's share of revenue (48.8%) and how car royalties are paid; the cutting at 0:49
• BlackBerry full-year 2026 results release, 9 Apr 2026sec.govThe same year's results, as the company announced them
• QNX press release, 275 million vehicles, 16 Dec 2025newswire.comCounterpoint Research's count of vehicles with QNX inside
• Research In Motion release on acquiring QNX, April 2010sec.govThe 2010 purchase, when QNX was already in cars
• QNX Hypervisor product pageqnx.softwareThe company's description of keeping safety and entertainment apart
• QNX Cabin product pageqnx.softwareWhere QNX runs under car screens, in the company's words
• TÜV Rheinland certificates 968/FSP 1976.04/23 and 1976.08/26, QNX Hypervisor for Safetyfs-products.tuvasi.comThe independent safety certificate on the receipt at 0:18
• Research In Motion Annual Information Form, year ended 2 Mar 2013sec.govThe QNX-based BlackBerry 10 phones of 2013
• BlackBerry annual report (management's discussion), fiscal 2014sec.govPhone sales falling, year one of three
• BlackBerry annual report (management's discussion), fiscal 2015sec.govPhone sales falling, year two of three
• BlackBerry annual report (management's discussion), fiscal 2016sec.govPhone sales falling, year three of three
• BlackBerry Q2 fiscal 2017 results release, 28 Sep 2016sec.gov"End all internal hardware development": the cutting at 0:28
• BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry OS Services FAQ: End of Life, updated 22 Dec 2021blackberry.comThe 2022 switch-off of the old phones' services: the cutting at 0:32
• The Wall Street Journal, "You Have No Idea How Much You Still Use BlackBerry", Ben Cohen, May 2026 (To Vima republication)tovima.comThe QNX team that kept building car software: the cutting at 0:40