The WebKit browser has been having a very good run of late and has quickly become the native browser of choice on smart phones.
Nokia were first to use the browser in their S60 third edition phones and subsequently it was adopted by Apple for the iPhone, Motorola for their MOTOMAGX Linux platform and now Google for the Android platform.
This is generally good news for developers who want to make consistent and ubiquitous mobile web applications. It also makes a strong case for WebKit to take the lead in the development of the requisite JavaScript objects to allow phone browsers to interact with low level device API's which would in turn allow web developers access to functionality like contacts, messages, file system etc. I think this will be a *HUGE* next step in the evolution of mobile computing.


Yes, and the questions is why Mozilla decided not to join Web Kit and went ahead w/ their own for mobile version. They should have joined forces in my opinion.
ceo
Ceo - having two competing engines is a good idea - so long as the competition is focused on things like footprint and speed, rather than custom tags.