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msmobiles.com_robot · Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 16777215

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:

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wibbble · Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 40

It's worth noting that WebKit is just the rendering engine and not the interface - any browser these guys make won't look and feel anything like Safari.

This is kind of like calling Konqueror 'Safari for Linux' - or, indeed, calling Nokia's S60 Browser with MiniMap 'Safari for Symbian', since it's based on WebKit too.

Comparing the S60 browser with Safari on the iPhone shows that for a mobile browser it takes a lot more than just a good rendering engine - the interface is probably even more important.

(That's not to say that these guys might not make a brilliant browser, just that it seems like an attempt to grab attention off of the back of the iPhone by saying 'we use WebKit, we're like Safari'.)

kdarling · Joined: 31 May 2007 Posts: 39

The engine porting was the hardest part.

Making the UI look like (or not) Safari on iPhone is peanuts in comparison.

Fingertip scrolling, bookmarks, etc... easy. And easy to make much better than the iPhone, which lacks so much (source viewing, saving pictures, copy/paste, you name it).

One big question is this instead: will their port support Flash?

The other note is that it seems they're looking to sell it to carriers / manufacturers... not to release to general use.