Getting To Browser - Blackberry dummies 2 Manual

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Part II: Getting Organized and Online with Your Storm
Browser has multiple personalities:
✓ One that's connected to your company's BlackBerry Enterprise
Server: BlackBerry Enterprise Server is a software application from RIM
(Research In Motion) that companies can use to control and manage
BlackBerry devices. The software also allows your device to see your
company's network and connects to your company's databases.
If you're a corporate BlackBerry user, your company administrator may
turn off or not install other browsers except for the one that connects
through the company's BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
✓ One that goes directly to your service provider's network: This might
be called by the network service provider's brand name.
✓ One that uses a Wi-Fi connection: This personality applies if you have
Storm2.
✓ A WAP browser: Wireless application protocol, or WAP, was popular in
the 1990s, when mobile device displays were very limited and could dis-
play only five or six rows of text. WAP lost its appeal with the advent of
high-resolution screens.
The following sections get you started using Browser. After you get your feet
wet, we promise that you'll be chomping at the bit to find out more!
In today's competitive smart phone game, the Web browsing experience is
one of the core functions upon which a platform and device are judged. And
by RIM's own admission, this is an area that RIM is working feverishly to
improve. RIM's recent acquisition of Torch Mobile, a WebKit-based third-party
browser (the iPhone's Safari browser is based on the WebKit browser engine)
shows that RIM is serious. In the meantime, be sure to check out Bolt Browser
(Boltbrowser.com) and Opera Mini 5 (m.opera.com). Both have loyal fol-
lowings among CrackBerry readers. SkyFire, another popular third-party Web
browser, is currently under a private beta release. Private beta means that the
app is available to a lucky few individuals, but keep tuning in to our blogs at
www.crackberry.com; we'll let you know when SkyFire becomes available
for you to download. If you're not satisfied with Browser, give these third-
party options a try!

Getting to Browser

Browser is one of the main applications of your device, with its globe icon
visible right on the Home screen, as shown in Figure 10-1. Touch-press this
icon to open Browser.