BlackBerry OS 5.0 to have tabbed browsing

By on Jul 15, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Exclusive July 15, 2009

You know us; we have nothing for love for RIM but it seems that its case of ADD is a lot worse than previously thought. For the better part of a week we’ve been playing around with a new beta build of OS 5.0 and noticed that it has a new feature that has yet to be seen on any other OS 5.0 betas — tabbed browsing. Sound a bit familiar? Well it should, because RIM has been working on getting tabbed browsing right since at least June of 2007. As it stands, the process of opening a new tabs isn’t something we can complain about (all that you have to do is hit the Menu button, click Tabs and then New Tab), but switching between two or more tabs is, quite frankly, a huge pain in the ass as there is no keyboard shortcut. This strikes us as rather hilarious as BlackBerrys are legendary for the speed at users can fly around the devices. We’re praying that the clunkyness of tabbed browsing is just because it’s not ready for prime time and that some added functionality, including shortcuts, will hit before launch. Hit the jump to see tabbed browsing in action.

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  • http://(null) Desmond

    They been needed a new browser. Three years after the iPhone browser? Damn near every smartphone maker has better broswer experience. I’ve always said they continue to slap new materials over old and out dated software. Granted it works but when you can put 5.0 on an 8700 damn near it’s time to revamp.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Maple Shade United States

  • MushroomStamp

    How about they Fix the craptastic browsing speed before they worry about multiple slow ass pages rendering.

  • Andrew

    I don’t see this in OS 5.0.0.100 for Bold, so what OS version are you guys running now?

  • Get-a-life

    All nerds n geeks, listen up. ITS JUST A PHONE. So what if its a thing in the past. Just a phone people. At least it does it now. N so wut if the iphone didn’t have copy n paste. Most phones weren’t touchscreens until the iphone came out n now look. Touchscreens left and right. It wuz the first phone wit an App store. Now u got followers coming out with their own app stores. Call me a fanboy if u nerds want but I think the iphone is the best phone on the market. Now stop arguin n talkin all this crap. Its jus a phone. Get a life u freakin nerds

  • Andrew

    Also, I agree with MushroomStamp.
    Really bad rendering speeds, even on wifi or 3G…

  • http://www.bulldoglist.com Patrick

    This will be good on the storm 2!

  • Number 2

    @Get-a-life…

    The pure, delicious irony of you coming onto a gadget site to argue about the superiority of your gadget by calling everyone else arguing about the superiority of their gadgets nerds and losers is so, so, so sweet.

    Seriously. It’s the nectar of life.

  • http://www.hernandezlawAZ.com TechnoBeaver

    @get-a-life

    You a motivational speaker?

    I’ve got a life, pal. I feel like I’ve got enough “life” for 3 people, at least. And it *may* be silly but I love the shit out of these devices. And reading about them. You, above all, should know that neither the Bold, nor the iPhone, or even the N99 are way more than mere phones.

  • The Shadow

    This is not all that exciting for a smart phone.

    I wish they would spend their time and resources getting rendering and navigation right instead!

  • http://blog.justindorfman.com Justin Dorfman

    Does that include web kit or ?

  • Miguel

    exactly! nice and much needed feature and all, but that browser just plain sucks. it’s like the IE of the mobile community. instead of adding new crap, fix everything that’s wrong with it first.

  • Adam

    Some of you bberry bashers are dipshits. My blackberry loads faster than any any iphone or other smartphones. Not to mention Sprints data speeds are comparative to dsl/low grade broadband. So GetaLife, Mushroomstamp, and Andrew – take you jitterbug phones and shove them up you fucking asses. You guys don’t know shit. Iphones lick balls.

  • SysProfile

    Tabbed browsing Awesome!!, and Adobe Flash??

  • Andrew

    Adam: you’re the dipshit — I am a blackberry user and have been for over 5 years and I’ve owned stock for longer than that. So shut the hell up, and troll elsewhere. It’s not news that the blackberry browser leaves a lot to be desired in terms of speed and rendering. It’s a fact, and one that everyone acknowledges, except you it seems…
    Adam = Epitome of Fanboy

  • Adam

    Andrew, you’re a douche. You’re the one pissing and moaning about bberry rendering speeds, blah blah blah. It would help if you had some technical ability or half a brain. F**ing douche.

  • Andrew

    Relax, child.
    I guess administering BES, Exchange 2007, Server 2008, DB2, Cisco, Linux, VMWare, Citrix and other systems is not technical enough for the almighty Adam.
    Good lord, son, get a life already. Did Mother forget to pay your Cell bill last month? Take your anger elsewhere – this’ll be my last comment feeding this troll.

  • mike

    I love my Curve, love my Ipod Touch that is all.

  • http://brianjking.com Brian J King

    What is being updated in SMS handling in 5.0? Hopefully it threads properly.

    What devices is this expected to be released onto? I’m hoping it’s available for my 9630 from Verizon.

    Help!

    http://twitter.com/brianjking @brianjking msg me. Cheers!

  • Li1t

    I can open new windows on my N96, and was able to on my N95. Given that you can’t see the two windows at once, and must switch between them using a menu rather than having a unique button for each tab, I fail to see how this is anything big.

  • Sweetpie

    Hi,
    I tired to download the new bbm but i dont have the os software to support it….is there anyway I can get my bbm back?

  • http://www.nerdbomber.com nerd bomber

    I have got to say something here. I feel morally and ethically obligated to speak up.

    You guys are really, and i really do mean really nerdy (no need to point out my grammar, it was intentional – nerds)

    Why do any of you care why a blackberry or the iphone does this or how it does that? Its a damned cell phone. Seriously, who cares?

    Cheerio

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