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Bad news BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) fans, the neato browser Skyfire said it is pausing its employment on Research In Motion (NSDQ: RIMM)’s platform in ordering to focus on Android.
Why? Despite RIM having a sizable U.S. market contribution, Skyfire said the exploitation chopine is just not up to sniff.
“The Blackberry developer environs is not as favorable for cutting-edge diligence exploitation,” Skyfire said on its web log. “The APIs are fragmented and inconsistent, and the Java virtual car Blackberry requires is not efficient. While Blackberry users are desperate for a better browser – we know, and we hear them – we only want to bring out something that meets our high gear standards and is truly great.”
The troupe is hard at employment creating a version for Google (NSDQ: GOOG)’s little green automaton and its alpha programme has already been swamped with pastime. We’re workings our connections to get a looking at this and we should rich person something relatively soon. I can’t wait for some good old-fashioned Hulu cyclosis on my Motorola (New York Stock Exchange: MOT test) Droid.
BlackBerry users can yield solace that they volition soon have a revamped web browser from RIM itself shortly. This Webkit-based web browser should finally spring RIM users a browser that’s capable of handling even the roughest Javascript, AJAX, or HTML5. Check out the video below for a demonstration of RIM’s new web browser.
[Via Skyfire]
