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Monday, January 18, 2010

Mobile Minute: WebKit based Iris browser coming to Blackberry

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Blackberry has acquired Torch Mobile, developers of the Iris web browser. The webkit-based browser is currently not available for RIM's smartphones though that's about to change in the wake of the acquisition.

As reported on the Torch Mobile website, "Our team of developers will join RIM's global organization and will now be focused on utilizing our WebKit-based mobile browser expertise to contribute to the ongoing enhancement of the BlackBerry(R) platform."

Iris is a pretty slick mobile browser, supporting CSS 2 and 3, HTML 4 and some HTML 5, Javascript, the Netscape plugin API, touch controls, phishing/spoofing protection, and much more.

Haven't seen Iris in person yet? Check the YouTube clip from Torch Mobile after the break.

Update:
It looks like the browser isn't just coming to the BlackBerry, it's also leaving Windows Mobile. Development on that platform will be ceased.

[via Boy Genius Report]

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Mobile Minute: WebKit based Iris browser coming to Blackberry originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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