RIM posts job listing for 'WebKit Developer,' gets one step closer to a real browser

Posted Nov 1st 2009 4:33PM by Joshua Topolsky

Filed under: Software

Needed some more evidence that future BlackBerrys may be getting a much needed improvement in the browser department? You got it. Following up on the news that Research In Motion has acquired Torch Mobile (developers of the WebKit-based Iris browser), the Candian phonemaker is now looking to fill the position of "WebKit Developer," according to a job listing. The posting calls for a number of skills which would come in handy whilst creating a next-gen browser for the BlackBerry OS, clearly calling for someone with hands-on experience coding... WebKit style. Look, if you love Canada and hate the BlackBerry browser, here's your chance to make the world a better place. What are you waiting for?

[Thanks, Daniel M]

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Tags: BlackBerry, browser, browsers, job listing, job posting, JobListing, JobPosting, jobs, Research In Motion, ResearchInMotion, rim, webkit, webkit developer, WebkitDeveloper

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Riley Freeman @ Nov 1st 2009 4:36PM

im a little confused here. if u bought a company that makes it why do u need a developer. shouldnt the people that made this be able to do what they want?

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JayMonster @ Nov 1st 2009 5:50PM

So, if they didn't get any real technology out of the deal (WebKit is after all Open Source under a BSD style license)... and apparently, didn't get any talent if they are looking for somebody... then what exactly *did* RIM get out of the Torch Mobile acquisition?

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codemaker @ Nov 2nd 2009 9:06AM

They may have gotten some developers with webkit expertise in the deal, but they may need more developers than they got.

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JAth @ Nov 1st 2009 6:59PM

Without "posts" the headline would be obscene

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Anon @ Nov 1st 2009 8:24PM

Get your mind out of the gutter JAth =P

Perhaps I shouldn't use that smily, it might be taken wrongly O__o

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er @ Nov 2nd 2009 1:56AM

2 questions -

Why isn't this product done yet? Didn't you get some basic code, which should take a team of developers 3 weeks to port over?

and...

Didn't employees come with that purchase of Torch Mobile?

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