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BlackBerry Device Software v4.6 Gets A Broswer Overhaul

April 29, 2008 by Robb Dunewood 7 Comments

The Boy Genius has gotten his hands on the Incremental Features Document for BlackBerry Device Software Version 4.6 expected to debut with the BlackBerry 9000. A bunch of things like themes, language support, media applications, and streaming media, etc., have been redone. We however want to talk about just one update which arguably might be the coolest of them all.

From the looks of it, the BlackBerry Browser has been updated significantly from the bag of arse that it was before to a mobile browser acceptable by todays standards. It’s not Safari on the iPhone, but, quite frankly, it doesn’t have to be.

The web rendering has been improved dramatically and now supports the following AJAX capabilities…

  • JavaScript 1.5
  • CSS 2.1 (including Lists, Box Model, Positioning, Floats, Visual Effects, Tables, Colors, Backgrounds & Text Properties; NOT including system fonts and generated content)
  • DOM L2 (including Core, HTML, Style, Events)
  • HTML 4.01 (including Forms, Maps, Tables, Frames, Objects)
  • XMLHttpRequest

Needless to say, the new BlackBerry Browser is a lot nicer from the sounds of it.

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Filed Under: BlackBerry Tagged With: BlackBerry 9000, BlackBerry Browser, BlackBerry Device Software 4.6

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  1. bluehorseshoe says

    April 29, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    Now the web browser with AJAX would be sweet. Now, if they can come up with a clever redesign that incorporates a larger screen and physical keyboard, then we’re talking. I really don’t care about the look as much as I do about the usability. If I can use one hand to perform many of the functions while driving or flying a plane (just kidding), then I’m in.

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  2. brownhead says

    April 30, 2008 at 5:33 am

    About time this happened but the question is will 4.6 overhaul be backwards compatible with the current phones – say for instance a BB Curve or Pearl or even the 8700s/8800s. I believe there is a significant proc ugrade from 312MhZ to 612MhZ on the new form factor. What does everyone think?

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  3. Michael Romero says

    April 30, 2008 at 8:44 am

    Kind of nice, but only if I get to see this on my 8130 before the dawn of the next millennium 🙂

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  4. mehreen shahid says

    April 30, 2008 at 11:49 am

    An improved browser for the blackberry would significanlty increase consumers usage of this feature and i suggest that a PR tool like myprgenie (http://www.myprgenie.com/technology/ ) will definately attract more consumers

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  5. v4pres says

    September 2, 2008 at 11:41 pm

    what is the highest software version I can update my BB Curve with?

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  6. mediamark says

    June 8, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    when does V4.6 for device become available?

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