WebKit Safari based browser coming to Nokia N800
By Dusan Belic on Friday, August 3rd, 2007 at 7:44 AM PST In Applications, Linux, Nokia
Just when we’ve got Mozilla browser engine, Sand-labs.org announced the OWB (Origyn Web Browser) - Webkit based browser is about to hit the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N800. The built in Opera was just not good enough for handling complex JavaScripts (i.e. AJAX), but then again the current release of Mozilla engine is still buggy and I find my N800 crashing whenever more complex page is loading in the browser.
Will Origyn Web Browser bring something new to the table? According to several sources around the web, WebKit, which is used in Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s Safari is known to outperform other browsers on low powered machines. For instance, Nokia is using WebKit code for its S60 browser for years, and people love it!
At this stage, Sand-Labs is still working on bugs, but hopefully soon enough we’ll have another browser available for N800, and… following the keyboard and scrolling, we’ll be one step closer to turn our N800s into iPhones… No, I don’t want to do that! 
[Via: LinuxDevices]
>> we’ll be one step closer to turn our N800s into iPhones…
You WISH!
Oh come on, this is just sloppy tech journalism.
Safari is a closed source product, so how can OWB be based on a closed source product? I believe you mean that OWB is based on WebKit, upon which Safari and also Nokia S60 Browser are based. There is no direct relationship between OWB and Safari. Or Safari and S60 Browser - there is *NO SAFARI CODE IN S60 BROWSER*, to suggest otherwise is utter BS.
To be honest I’m really not sure why you mentioned Safari at all in this piece, other than to bring up Apple and iPhone in yet another article.
Please try harder next time and stick to the facts rather than making up sensationalist rubbish…
You should also be aware that there is already a project underway to port WebKit to N800, which has existed for some time.
The Sand-labs project is potentially foolhardy if not misguided - Sand-labs should be collaborating rather than ploughing their own furrow. Sand-labs have even forked from the main WebKit trunk with no merge back to trunk in sight, which is also pretty foolish as they are now on their own. I’m not expecting this project to succeed or ignite much interest given the way it is currently being run and in light of the recent Mozilla release (which is actually very stable for a Beta release).
See this mailing discussion http://tinyurl.com/2mtx6b for details on Sand-labs motives and intentions regarding WebKit on Maemo.
You’re absolutely right - it’s Webkit, not Safari-based browser. Thanks for dropping by, though!