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RIM Answers Scoffers, Buys a Browser

Zealot — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:43:17 +0000

When impassioned discussions of smartphone operating systems come up around the dinner table throughout the land (what, doesn’t EVERBODY discuss mobile tech at family dinners?), there is a certain awkward truth that no one likes to mention. Namely that the BlackBerry OS, once you’ve read all your emails, is crap for apps and web browsing. RIM has been admitting that lately and promising some solutions, including an “iPhone Quality” web browser by the end of the year. In our household we have been scoffing at that promise over brandy and cigars. There was no way RIM would be able to create and deploy such an application in just a few months. Scoff, scoff and double scoff.

However, it seems we scoffed too soon. Taking a page from Microsoft’s playbook, RIM decided to go with “If you can’t beat em, BUY em” and purchased Torch Mobile, makers of a well respected WebKit based mobile browser called Iris (as reviewed HERE by Marilyn in it’s WinMo version). No financial details of the sale have been disclosed.

Torch has the following to say on their website…

Torch Mobile is excited to announce that our company has been acquired by Research In Motion (RIM), one of the most renowned mobile technology companies in the world. 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® platform.

If you wish to get your hands on the Windows Mobile version of the Iris Browser, I suggest you download it HERE while the downloading is good…who knows how much longer it will be available for Windows Mobile.

Congrats to both Torch Mobile and RIM…he who scoffs last, scoffs best.

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Iris Browser 1.1.0

Jack Cook — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:15:56 +0000

It was a while back when I posted and tried the Iris browser. I liked it a lot but it had some more tweaking left to be done before I would seriously consider it being my go to browser of choice. Well, it may well be close to that point for me. During the past year they have done a lot of “tweaking” and have released a stable version of the Iris Browser 1.1.0 for download!

We now see a myriad of new features including support for the Flash Lite ActiveX control, big performance gains, reduced memory usage, preliminary RSS and SVG support, the highest Acid3 score of any shipping mobile browser, and HTC accelerometer support. That is very cool and definitely caught my eye!

Check it out and Download your copy here.

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Iris Browser Beta 2 for Windows Mobile

Jack Cook — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:11:52 +0000

There is a NEW version of the Iris Browser and it is pretty good. I have been using it on my Palm 750 and find the experience to be pretty stable. It still needs more work but I think you will enjoy it.

Iris Browser Beta 2, which is now available for free download, has been tested on a variety of Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6 devices, including Classic and Professional editions. A 400 MHz CPU with at least 128 MB of RAM is recommended at this time, though it is known to work well on 200 MHz processors and 64 MB devices.

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Iris, it’s not just a flower

Jack Cook — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:29:50 +0000

The Iris Browser is an alternate choice for a mobile browser that you might like to try. It comes with a built in screen capture tool, a virtual mouse that mimics a desktop mouse, has support for devices with rotating screens, and a built in pop-up blocker. Iris has support for advanced HTML and CSS, as well as multiple windows and tabbed browsing. Iris has support for full screen browsing with movement around the web page via zoom and tap functionality.

This is a preview release and is a free download for Windows Mobile 5 and 6.

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