Webkit Safari code for Nokia

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I have known Safari few years and said that it, my opinion, is the best browser on earth. Nokia has been working webkit codes for 60 series since 2005. They like it! http://www.intomobile.com/2007/08/03/safari-based-browser-coming-to-nokia-n800.html

WebKit Safari based browser coming to Nokia N800



Just when we’ve got Mozilla browser engine, Sand-labs.org announced the OWB (Origyn Web Browser) - Webkit based browser is about to hit the Nokia N800. The built in Opera was just not good enough for handling complex JavaScripts (i.e. AJAX), but then again the current release of Mozilla engine is still buggy and I find my N800 crashing whenever more complex page is loading in the browser.



Will Origyn Web Browser bring something new to the table? According to several sources around the web, WebKit, which is used in Apple’s Safari is known to outperform other browsers on low powered machines. For instance, Nokia is using WebKit code for its S60 browser for years, and people love it!

At this stage, Sand-Labs is still working on bugs, but hopefully soon enough we’ll have another browser available for N800, and… following the keyboard and scrolling, we’ll be one step closer to turn our N800s into iPhones… No, I don’t want to do that!
 
Yup, that's why Safari is pretty fast on this G4/733 MHz. Firefox runs slow.
 
I have known Safari few years and said that it, my opinion, is the best browser on earth. Nokia has been working webkit codes for 60 series since 2005. They like it! WebKit Safari based browser coming to Nokia N800

Wake3 company from USA has ported WebKit web browsing engine to Windows Mobile. This is the same engine that Safari for Apple iPhone is using. In other words:

... very soon

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oh, I forgot to mention that I hate Symbain OS that runs on some nokia and a few phones. I won't touch it ever again because of my experience with it.
 
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