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Has Samsung got its own mobile browser on the way?

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Well this is quite an interesting little piece of news we have here. The guys over at CNET are apparently reporting that Samsung may in fact be in the early stages of developing their own web browser – astonishing, really.

According to reports surfacing from Korea, Samsung is reportedly looking for WebKit developers for its own mobile browser. WebKit is an open source engine that Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome browsers are based on. Yes, Samsung is not only heavily competing in the hardware and software markets, but are also looking to get in on the web-browsing part of smartphones.

Let’s be honest here. This would be an incredibly difficult market for Samsung to crack and would take loads of experience. However, if Samsung bets on most users feeling comfortable to stay with the stock browser on the phone, an ‘S-Browser’ may not be such a bad idea. If it’s good enough and users aren’t looking for something else, then what will bring them over to the likes of Chrome, Firefox and Opera. Well, what besides for the mountains of awesome features the others already provide.

This is an interesting one we have right here and we’ll be keeping a close eye on it. Of course, as with any rumour, take this with a grain of salt!

What is your primary mobile web browser?

Via: TechnoBuffalo
Source: CNET

Written by : Josh is the founder of Android Australia. He is an adamant vegan, tech enthusiast and psychology student. He is currently a Google Chromebook Product Specialist and a Student Ambassador. You should probably follow him at +Josh on Twitter or on his personal blog!
  • Cam Charles

    interesting they have some ingenious things with their other S-Apps so it would be interesting to see what they do with a browser

    • http://androidaustralia.com.au Josh Berg

      Yeah, definitely. I’d love to see some really cool S-Browser. The more competition the merrier! :)

  • gurgle

    Seriously, i’m not surprised.

    Think about it, Samsung have their own
    – music store (musichub.com)
    – video store (video hub app)
    – game store (game hub app)
    – app store/portal (samsungapps.com)
    – voice command software (S Voice)
    – NFC standard (S Beam)
    – Other shitty S apps (S Memo, S Planner, S Suggest, S Health)

    Not to mention the oft-rumoured S Cloud online storage that is supposed to be launching anytime soon. Of course they want to do their own browser, they do almost everything else!

    For a while now i’ve been half expecting Samsung to go all-in and just fork Android into their own bastardized version. With the hoopla surrounding the Acer/Alibaba/Aliyun banning the other week, this might be less likely than i once thought. But i still wouldn’t put it past them.