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Wow, I’d bust out the party hats if the fact that this is news wasn’t so depressing. Poking around a preliminary build of BlackBerry OS 5.0 has revealed tabbed browsing, a nearly ancient feature found in any other self-respecting mobile browser. In its current development state, switching tabs isn’t easy (requires working through the menu, and there aren’t any shortcut keys), but that’s likely to improve before the final version of the browser goes out. BlackBerry’s native browser has always been a black mark on the otherwise admirable device, especially considering its practical inability to to a damned thing with JavaScript. Well, progress is progress – we can’t complain too much. OS 5.0 is expected to host a few other features, too; if you’d like to try some of them out for yourself, a leaked build for the Bold and 8900 is over here.
[via BGR]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
