[sk8er_tor]

As the title says, if you go to html5test.com, they have updated their website to show the PlayBook with OS 2 as having top grades for HTML5 support among tablets. Another thing RIM can use to market the PlayBook with OS 2.

[Sith_Apprentice]

What is amusing, if you look at desktop browsers, Firefox 9 rates a 330 + 9, only 1 point difference lol. It is also ranked second overall with Chrome 16 being far superiod (373 + 15). PB OS2 browser scores the same as Opera 11.6 on the desktop.

[Blacklac]

Nice. I wondered when they were going to uodate their site to reflect OS 2.

[sk8er_tor]

I've noticed that maps.google.com now works in the browser in OS2, a bit clunky but works. Has this always been the case for OS2?

Overall, the web browser is very solid. The improvements made over OS1 in the browser are quite impressive.

[asherwiin]

I've noticed that maps.google.com now works in the browser in OS2, a bit clunky but works. Has this always been the case for OS2?

Overall, the web browser is very solid. The improvements made over OS1 in the browser are quite impressive.

maps.google.com displays but omly as a mobile app, which isn't very easy to use. the classic version pc (browser) won't come up.

[bbqkid8]

I went to the site using SimpleBrowser with the user agent set as Firefox and scored 290 +9.

[bbqkid8]

And interestingly, setting the user agent to the iPad and Android it scored 256+9.

[sk8er_tor]

maps.google.com displays but omly as a mobile app, which isn't very easy to use. the classic version pc (browser) won't come up.

I get the same maps.google.com version on my PlayBook as I do on my PC. Have a look at the attached pictures I took from my PlayBook broswer. Pretty much every feature works. I'm using OS 2.0.0.6149.

[rcab]

I have the 1.0.8.6067 OS version and I get 273+9 using simplebrowser and on my laptop using chrome I get 374+13.

[sk8er_tor]

They should update their website again! Now getting 344 + 9 Bonus Points with OS 2.0.0.7111

[rkennedy01]

Me too. 344 + 9 with .7111.

Once OS2 goes official these new numbers will represent a seismic shift in how people perceive mobile browsers. Customers will begin to expect more capability/compliance now that PB is demonstrating what is possible beyond the Windows/Mac/Chrome OS desktop.

RCK

[TheScionicMan]

Android 4 doesn't even outscore the current PB browser? LOL...

[sk8er_tor]

Android 4 doesn't even outscore the current PB browser? LOL...

Android 4 doesn't even outscore the BlackBerry smartphone OS7 browser

[Thunderbuck]

Yup, my results this morning are consistent (344 +9).

Honestly, it's an outstanding browsing experience in .7111. VERY easy to demonstrate just how good it is.

[dsfdsf]

Anyone heard rumors about final html 5 not being released yet, but still a beta.

[cntrydncr223]

Sored the same 344 + 9 today.
Can't wait to see what happens with the official 2.0!

[collapsed]

Go go, Oficial 2.0>=Chrome xD

[Vostro15]

Sored the same 344 + 9 today.
Can't wait to see what happens with the official 2.0!

Rest assured RIM will f**k it up somehow.

[TheScionicMan]

Rest assured RIM will f**k it up somehow.

Well, since so many think they should mimic the moves of iOS and Android, your suggestion would probably make those people happy...

Some people see the cup as half full, others see it as the worst.cup.ever., total phail, can't do anything right...

[aazidane]

lol this is the reason i chose playbook over any other tablet, on the go browser was my main priority, followed by gaming. Playbook already has the games i need and want.

[cntrydncr223]

Rest assured RIM will f**k it up somehow.

nice and postive. just the way we like it.

[phoreoneone]

awww not as good as the apple products ... oh well

[BBThemes]

awww not as good as the apple products ... oh well

last time i checked, 344+9 (OS2 .7111) was more than 305+9 (iOS5)

[Thunderbuck]

last time i checked, 344+9 (OS2 .7111) was more than 305+9 (iOS5)

Yeah, I don't know where he got THAT notion from.

The PB browser experience in .7111 is easily the best I've EVER seen on a mobile device, and better than desktops were until fairly recently. Doubtless, Apple will improve Safari for the iPad 3 launch, but I doubt it will be THAT much better.

[Alex_Hong]

for a company betting on html5 and abandoning flash, i expect them to do a brilliant job for html5. but instead, ios safari performed no better than playbook os 2.0. insult to injury, it doesnt even have flash.

honestly, even safari on a mac is pretty crap, so i dont expect much from the ios version. I really do hope they have something decent planned for the next iOS.

as usual to clear things up, i'm not apple bashing. i have owned most apple products, even the ancient .mac service. But every company deserves criticism when they something up.