1. twokansamm's Avatar
    Will the webkit browser be available for OS 5 or is it just going to be available for OS 6?

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    07-11-10 11:32 AM
  2. amazinglygraceless's Avatar
    I believe it will be available for OS 6 and forward but I could be wrong.

    Adjusted your title a bit
    07-11-10 11:35 AM
  3. sdmcwilliams's Avatar
    From what I have read, no. It will only be OS 6.

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    07-11-10 12:13 PM
  4. FunkyDog's Avatar
    OS6 probably.
    07-11-10 12:24 PM
  5. bruiser615's Avatar
    seems like its going to be only part of os6.
    i believe its going to be built in to the os6 OS not a seperate program if you will.
    07-11-10 12:27 PM
  6. twokansamm's Avatar
    Thanks for the info. I guess I will just have to hope OS 6 will run on my storm 2!

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    07-11-10 01:42 PM
  7. FobBerry's Avatar
    I wish it would be made avaliable for OS5 but it probably won't. Now all I can hope for is that OS6 will run on my Bold 9700.

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    07-11-10 02:06 PM
  8. Deathcommand's Avatar
    Did anyone notice the first time they showed it off it was with BB OS 5.0?

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    07-11-10 08:43 PM
  9. pkcable's Avatar
    moved to native apps
    07-11-10 09:18 PM
  10. tack's Avatar
    It amazes me that others can put a webkit browser on OS5, but not RIM. What gives with that? Must be to drive us to get new devices for sure!
    07-12-10 03:35 PM
  11. MrObvious's Avatar
    I wish it would be made avaliable for OS5 but it probably won't. Now all I can hope for is that OS6 will run on my Bold 9700.

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    I think the rumor is OS 6 will be on the 9700.

    Did anyone notice the first time they showed it off it was with BB OS 5.0?

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    You give me hope.
    07-12-10 03:42 PM
  12. pkcable's Avatar
    I believe RIM is integrating the webkit in to the OS, so it will be available to more than just the browser, supporting the "super apps" motiff they are pushing. It is believed that a OS 6.0 lite is in development for devices with lower memory like the 9700, Storm, Tour, etc, the 256 devices.
    07-12-10 03:45 PM
  13. blazed12's Avatar
    I really wish Bold 9000 gets the OS 6 lite but I highly doubt it. It will be nice though.
    07-12-10 03:51 PM
  14. Jude526's Avatar
    Verizon reps I have spoken to think it will be available on the current BB and when it is released it will be sent to the devices to update
    But who knows !

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    07-12-10 05:43 PM
  15. y0us3f's Avatar
    I think it'll be available for OS5 too.



    9670 running OS 5.2 with the new webkit
    07-12-10 06:25 PM
  16. _StephenBB81's Avatar
    I think it'll be available for OS5 too.



    9670 running OS 5.2 with the new webkit

    I was just coming to post this as well, I am very hopeful that it will come to all OS5 devices.
    07-12-10 06:28 PM
  17. titusilvering's Avatar
    They can roll out a higher OS5.x but lower than OS6 for existing phones. The new browser will be an add on module. Everything is possible. But to get this new browser add on, existing bb phones will have to upgrade to OS5.x
    07-12-10 08:30 PM
  18. WillieLee's Avatar
    Did anyone notice the first time they showed it off it was with BB OS 5.0?

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    They did but Webkit has many security problems and I believe that's why they decided to integrate it into OS 6.
    07-13-10 11:02 AM
  19. hydroz_23's Avatar
    They can roll out a higher OS5.x but lower than OS6 for existing phones. The new browser will be an add on module. Everything is possible. But to get this new browser add on, existing bb phones will have to upgrade to OS5.x
    It will not be a add on module. If you don't have OS6, you don't get webkit. It was confirmed in a early video that im looking for now. Someone will figure out how to put it on OS5 tho if rim does not.
    07-13-10 11:25 AM
  20. Pi Guy 3.14's Avatar
    i think it'll be available for os5 too.



    9670 running os 5.2 with the new webkit
    5.1/5.2 = 6.0
    07-13-10 12:01 PM
  21. Totalimmortal363's Avatar
    It will not be a add on module. If you don't have OS6, you don't get webkit. It was confirmed in a early video that im looking for now. Someone will figure out how to put it on OS5 tho if rim does not.
    That's kind of what I was thinking. They're already peeling OS6 files out to put into hybrids, whats to say they can't do that with the new browser. I mean, unless I've just completely gone off the rails...
    07-13-10 12:18 PM
  22. fecurtis's Avatar
    I was just coming to post this as well, I am very hopeful that it will come to all OS5 devices.
    It won't, its bundled with OS6 and can only be used on OS6 compatible devices.

    No way that the new Flash compatible webkit browser can run on older devices with small internal memory.
    07-13-10 12:40 PM
  23. fecurtis's Avatar
    I think it'll be available for OS5 too.



    9670 running OS 5.2 with the new webkit
    OS 5.2 = OS 6 in RIM marketing jargon.
    07-13-10 12:42 PM
  24. colacoca99's Avatar
    I think we should wait the hybrid rom with the webkit for bold
    07-18-10 10:28 AM
  25. Shao128's Avatar
    Just to share a little information from my experience. Those hoping for a 5.0 hybrid with the webkit browser don't hold your breathe . The chances of it are very unlikely. Some of the wekbit files from os 5.2 and 6.0 can be loaded on to 5.0 but cause display issues such as pages looking completely wrong, to not being able to scroll. But once you try to load the rendering libraries you will brick your os or cause it to trigger going into safe mode. The webkit engine has a lot of dependences on other libraries with (currently) will not run on os 5.0. That coupled with APIs that are simply not part of os 5.0 base. RIM wasn't joking when they said webkit wouldn't be a standalone up date, but would have deep integration into the os, because it does.

    Like I said this is my own personal experience with it. So take it for what its worth. There are people out there smarter than myself and may find something I didn't
    07-18-10 10:37 AM
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