Spend any time surfing the mobile web? If you do so using a BlackBerry of any type, I’m sure you know the utter catastrophe that unfurls before your eyes each and every time you try to navigate to the web page of your choice. 3rd party solutions such as Opera mini and Bolt have until now given us worthwhile solutions that make browsing an outright joy. Still, in the age of the mobile internet, having your own slam dunk browser is key. Look no further than Mobile Safari on the iPhone and the reworked Android browser on the upcoming Verizon DROID. The muscle behind these champion browsers is none other than webkit. Why RIM has taken so long to make their way from the archaic Java based browser to modern web tools is beyond me.
Salvation is thankfully coming. RIM’s recent acquisition of Torch mobile, a webkit based mobile browser company and now a recent LinkedIn job posting (pictured above), clearly show RIM is finally understanding that webkit is where it’s at. Do you think their late entrance into the webkit arena hampered their BlackBerry uptake in the consumer market — you know, with such emphasis on the mobile internet and such? Or do you think they’re doing just fine and can look forward to even more growth once an updated, webkit browser gets released?
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