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The New BlackBerry WebKit Browser: Yes, It’s Actually Good

3:49AM February 17, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

This is swanky. RIM’s showing off BlackBerry’s new WebKit-based browser, and yes, it’s fast! JavaScript actually loads! It even scored a perfect 100 in the Acid3 rendering test. Still a months away, but we’ll take it. More »


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RIM Eats Up Torch Mobile (Translation: BlackBerry’s Going WebKit)

12:51AM August 25, 2009 | John Herrman

Another mobile software maker has fallen for the seductive charms of WebKit, and it’s a biggie: RIM has acquired Torch Mobile—the company that makes the WebKit-based Iris browser—to “contribute to the BlackBerry platform”. So long, asstastic BlackBerry browser. More »