Saturday, November 27, 2010

Blackberry Torch Mobile To Offer Better Browsing

By David Pearson


Torch Mobile was acquired by Research in Motion (RIM) to help them improve the overall quality of their smart phone line but specifically the web browser. With a focus on becoming a product that is better all around the Blackberry Torch Mobile acquisition helps fill that need. Many people remain faithful to Blackberry and the new, improved model line could lead to a larger group to purchase them.

Blackberry has long been known for their email interface on their phones. It is one of the big selling points of their brand. Many corporate users get Blackberry phones for corporate email support as well.

Another strong point of Blackberry is their physical keyboards. They have done an excellent job on manufacturing keyboards that are responsive and well spaced out. This keyboard allows users to easily type emails, text messages, or any other required information. Most of the Blackberry keyboards are QWERTY style but there are some that have the RIM SureType system keyboard, which has two letters per each button.

The smart phones available to consumers today are very strong in the internet browsing department. Blackberry has always done a relatively bad job with their web browser. Other phones on the market excel by having big screens that are high resolution, and have web browsers that are fast with downloading most web pages.

When Torch Mobile was acquired by Blackberry that allowed their technologies to be combined and for them to install a new web browser on various Blackberry phones. The new Blackberry Torch is the first one to be released with this browser and it is much improved over the past lines. This Web Kit browser is capable of working with web pages that have Java script and pull up web pages in a tabbed setting.

The smart phone market is a very competitive global market. Apple now offers an iPhone4 which is one of the most used smart phones in the world. Even with a small form factor the phone is very powerful, has a lot of internal memory, and has, according to many people, the best mobile web browsing experience available on a smart phone. There are many manufacturers that make Android phones. Because of that there are many variations of the system put on smart phones that are split between some with physical keyboards and some with virtual keyboards. The internet surfing experience on Android smart phones are considered very close to that of an iPhone.

Many people will get what they have wanted for quite awhile on a Blackberry phone thanks to the Blackberry Torch Mobile acquisition. The Web Kit browser helps Blackberry gain some ground on the iPhone and Android phones that are available. The Blackberry Torch is the first phone in their line to offer this browser and it is taking steps to gain ground for those seeking a better web browsing experience.




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