With the new BlackBerry OS 6 news making rounds to be seen on the Storm 3, one of the main attractions of the OS would be the browser. So lets take a look at what it is new and what it can do.

To make the online search experience better and to allow the user easily enter URLs on the browser, the new browser has a single text entry field on its homepage. You can do both the tasks with this single text box. Keeping in mind the fact that mobile browser users will have a specific task to do in their mind, the BlackBeery has designed the browser in this way, it seems.

Homepage

To further enhance the experience, you can save your bookmarks directly to the homepage.

Save Bookmarks

One of the other aspects which makes the web experience on a PC good is the tabbed browsing feature on all the browsers. Now, in BlackBerry 6 Browser, you have this feature. You can open up different webpages on different tabs. Along with this, the WebKit renders the pages really well with enhanced graphics, even in the tabbed browsing environment. To switch between the tabs, you just have to tap on the tab in the top right part of the screen.

Tabbed Browsing

If you have a lot of RSS feeds subscribed or you do that a lot, the new browser has simplified this process just for you. The browser has an integration with the Social Feeds app, making it very easy to add RSS feeds subscription. To do this, you just open the website, tap the tab next to the tabbed browsing tab and you get a drop down menu. Amongst other options, you get an option to subscribe to RSS feeds. Its that easy.

RSS Feeds

After Apple introduced the pinch to zoom concept in its iPhone Safari browser, it has become a defacto feature for other browsers that came afterward. BlackBerry 6 Browser being no exception. Yes, the new browser has this feature. You can just pinch to zoom. This being an option only for the touch screen phones. The non-touch screen phones, that which come with a trackpad, can hold down the ALT key and use the trackpad to do the same operation. And also, there is a auto font size adjustment feature which adjusts the font of the text in the webpage you are viewing automatically so that your browsing experience will increase.

Pinch to zoom

There are talks going on in the tech town about Storm 2 getting the BlackBerry 6 OS. This is not yet confirmed. Its still a doubt whether the phone will be fortunate enough. And it can also not be decide whether Storm 2's browser will get a WebKit update or the new browser itself. Its just a wait and watch game.