RIM posts job listing for 'WebKit Developer,' gets one step closer to a real browser
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Nov 1st 2009 4:33PM
posted Nov 1st 2009 4:33PM
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]
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?
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?
They may have gotten some developers with webkit expertise in the deal, but they may need more developers than they got.
Without "posts" the headline would be obscene
Get your mind out of the gutter JAth =P
Perhaps I shouldn't use that smily, it might be taken wrongly O__o
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?