RIM buys developer of the Iris browser

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/685880

by r7000 • 17 years ago

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jsz0• 17 years ago

I'm really surprised RIM had to buy a company to implement a WebKit based browser. Seems like they should have been able to do it in house. I guess if the pricetag was low enough it makes sense.

karanbhangui• 17 years ago

Yeah, I think RIM has the engineering talent, but this move seems to be a time saver.

sunkencity• 17 years ago

Having worked with java apps for blackberry, I fear that not everything is all right with their current organization. Making java apps for blackberry is even worse than making them for nokia or sonyericson. Poorly documented and broken in mysterious ways.

nuweborder• 17 years ago

Worth it since now the company can implement the browser immediately, instead off waiting to develop, test and launch it. Time is money, and in the long run, RIM may have just saved both. Look out IPhone. Now if RIM can just improve the Blackberry App World.

Watts• 17 years ago

This is fantastic news. I have been developing a mobile version of a web site this week and WebKit has been a dream. The BlackBerry version... not so much. It seems like WebKit is becoming the standard for mobile these days.

RIM buys developer of the Iris browser

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