Browser Watch » BlackBerry http://www.browser-watch.com Web browser news as it happens Sun, 01 May 2011 06:30:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 WebKit browser coming to RIM http://www.browser-watch.com/2010/02/17/webkit-browser-coming-to-rim/ http://www.browser-watch.com/2010/02/17/webkit-browser-coming-to-rim/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:44:27 +0000 Alex http://www.browser-watch.com/?p=873 Research In Motion (RIM) – the creators of the popular BlackBerry Phone – have announced at this weeks Mobile World Congress that they will release a WebKit based browser for its range of phones.

WebKit is the popular rendering engine found powering Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome browsers.

A demonstration of an early build on a BlackBerry devices showed real promise, with fast rendering speeds and scoring a perfect 100/100 in the Acid3 test.

No news of when to expect the new browser, but we will let you know when we have more information.

A video demonstration of the browser in action can be seen after the break.

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