From what I can tell this was done so that websites designed for the iPhone and
Android WebKit browsers would recognize that BlackBerry 6 has a WebKit browser.
Not exact matches
Google had worked on its stock
Android browser as a separate fork of
WebKit, but with the arrival of Chrome for
Android, the mobile version of its browser is being integrated with the ordinary
WebKit project.
Another example where Google's
Android team is linking up with its open - source brethren is with the
WebKit browser engine.
Ebook reader apps available on iOS and
Android use the «
Webkit» webpage renderer for ebooks in EPUB.
Standard
Android apps include the Calculator, Email, Gallery, Music, Settings, and
WebKit browser.
This will change the browser game for
Android and give competition to Dolphin HD, Opera, and the default
WebKit shipped in most devices.
Because it isn't built on
WebKit, it simply doesn't compare to the browsers on the iPhone, the Palm Pre, and
Android phones.
Having the
WebKit rendering engine and enhanced browsing, as well as HTML support for application development in BlackBerry 6, «will go a long way to catching up with iPhone and
Android,» he added.
Google Integration
Android 2.3 OS (Gingerbread)
Android Market for browsing and downloading thousands of free and paid apps Pre-loaded
Android apps: Browser, Calculator, Calendar (Google or Corporate), Camera, Clock, Contacts, Email, Gallery, Messaging, Music, News & Weather, Phone, Settings, Video Player, Voice Dialer, Voice Search, YouTube Google applications: Gmail, Google Search, Google Voice Search, Google Latitude, Google Maps, Google Places, Google Talk Google Maps Navigation with spoken turn - by - turn directions showing real - time traffic and 360 ° views of the destination Communications & Internet Full messaging capabilities including SMS text, MMS picture / video and IM instant messaging Full HTML browser (
Webkit 5) with Flash 10.1 Support Personal and corporate e-mail access with support for Exchange ActiveSync as well as personal e-mail accounts (Google push, Yahoo!, POP3, IMAP).
The browser is still garbage and until rim releases their
webkit browser I'll stay with
android.
A focus on
WebKit technology ensures apps are compatible with iOS,
Android, and the Kindle Fire.
«Blackberry 6 will soon offer features that have been popular in recently launched
Android handsets, such as support for capacitive touch - screens and a
WebKit - based browser,» Rubin said.
Many of iBooks» strengths come directly from the fact that they wisely chose to base it on
WebKit, the rendering engine core used in desktop browsers like Safari & Chrome and mobile browsers for the iPhone, iPad,
Android, and now Blackberry browsers.
WebKit code underlies the browsers in many of today's smartphones, including Apple's iPhone, Palm's Pre and Google's
Android phones.
It does this via
Android 1.5's
WebKit browser.
The Web browser, based on the
WebKit engine used by iOS and
Android, is also serviceable.
Google has produced a full - featured
Webkit browser, and also native free
Android and Apple iOS applications for shopping for and reading for e-books, explained James Crawford, director of engineering for the Google eBooks team.
Deathmatch: Web and Internet For years, RIM has offered a substandard portal to the Web; BlackBerry OS 6 aims to change that with a new browser based on the same
WebKit engine used by the iPhone's iOS and Google
Android.
The new browser is powered by
WebKit, the same engine that runs the iOS and
Android browsers.
The HTC Magic has a variety of powerful mobile internet capabilities beginning with an
Android - optimised
Webkit browser.
Research in Motion has uncloaked a
WebKit - based browser for the BlackBerry, tapping the same open - source rendering engine that underpins browsers on the Apple iPhone, Google
Android mobile operating system, Palm webOS, and the Symbian OS.
At the heart of mobile Safari, the
Android browser, and RIM's browser for the PlayBook is some code known as
WebKit.
This
Android tablet comes with a
Webkit browser that works much like all the previous stock
Android browsers we've played with.
With a little more imagination, you can jump one step further: With the inclusion of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript in ePub, plus smart rendering engines like
WebKit powering our e-readers, iOS and
Android style apps for interactive digital books may no longer be necessary.
A lot of sites have mobile websites to support iPhone and
Android and Kindle's new
Webkit browser should be able to support them.
HTC Sensation comes with
Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS flavored with HTC Sense UI 3.0 customizations, running on a dual - core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, sporting a 4.3 inches QHD display with a 960 x 540 pixel resolution, equipped with an 8 Megapixels rear - facing camera with dual - LED flash, that can capture full HD 1080p video at 30 fps with full stereo sound, and an additional front - facing 1.3 megapixels camera, HSPA + connectivity with 14.4 Mbps download speeds, an improved weather app, and HTC Watch, 768 MB RAM, 802.11 b / g / n Wi - Fi, DLNA capability for wirelessly streaming media from the phone to TV or PC,
Webkit / 533.1 browser
Android Market and more.
There is a web browser (of course), and while it's styled a bit to match the Kindle UI, it looks pretty much the same as the
Android's
WebKit browser.
This
Android tablet comes with a
Webkit browser that is bundled with
Android 2.2 OS, but it boasts some customizations.
In the
WebKit world (which at that point included both Apple and
Android), the big event was «Added interfaces for touch event support in JavaScript» (11 Dec 2009)(
webkit.org).
As noted,
Android was part of the
WebKit world until the very recent fork to Blink.
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Ardian Ludwig, Google's lead engineer for
Android security, on Friday revealed the decision was due to the complexity of applying patches to older branches of
WebKit - the browser engine that was used in WebView and Chrome until Google forked
WebKit into Blink for Chrome.
Instead of using the underlying Microsoft EdgeHTML rendering engine, the iOS Edge app uses
Webkit like Apple does, and the
Android Edge app uses the Chromium Blink engine.
While Stylo integration isn't possible with iOS (all browsers must be based on Safari's browser engine,
WebKit), it was with
Android.
Many alternative
Android browsers use the browser engine integrated into
Android — although you'll be installing a new version of the browser, it will be using the same outdated version of
WebKit as your default browser.
For starters, Microsoft Edge for
Android is based on Chromium on
Android and
Webkit on iOS.