Samsung challenge Chrome with its own mobile web browser

3. rusticguy posted on 24 Sep 2012, 18:56 5 1

Hope they don't plan sMAPS as next big thing ... for me i use default android browser though i have all downloaded for testing responsive sites that we do .. all means maxthon/dolphin/chrome/firefox/opera :)

4. Mxyzptlk posted on 24 Sep 2012, 18:57 4 3

If they keep this up TouchWiz will become an OS while the Android built under it will be lost in the shuffle.

6. nofear posted on 24 Sep 2012, 19:00 0 0

Replica of web Chrome browser from window base is great. UI is definitely need some attention. Chrome installed on my Asus T300 provide endless features and I loved it.

10. remixfa posted on 24 Sep 2012, 19:26 3 1

its easy. partner with Dolphin or Opera, keep flash support, add a few hooks to samsung apps, rebrand. Bam. "samsung browser". :)

11. Joshing4fun posted on 24 Sep 2012, 19:35 7 2

Samsung is slowly taking step by step to become their own "Apple" and branch off from google.

12. Apple_Royally_ (banned) posted on 24 Sep 2012, 19:36 0 0

Puffin web-browser is the best. it takes 6seconds to load PhoneArena with Flash on. Beat that.

13. christianqwerty posted on 24 Sep 2012, 20:27 4 0

I prefer the stock browser on the s3 than chrome

15. remtothemax posted on 24 Sep 2012, 20:38 0 0

yay, another reason for android updates to be delayed on samsung devices
just what we need
/sarcasm

16. Ragnarockd posted on 24 Sep 2012, 21:47 0 0

Stock browser is more reliable so far in s3.

17. webOSlove posted on 24 Sep 2012, 22:04 0 0

the stock Jellybean browser is faster than Chrome

18. rudlie posted on 24 Sep 2012, 22:04 0 0

DOA like chaton

19. aokde posted on 24 Sep 2012, 22:14 1 2

One does not simply compete with google.(read=look what happened to apple, yahoo, and soon microsoft with windows)

21. jtech posted on 24 Sep 2012, 23:13 0 0

The latter will beat them

25. ilia1986 posted on 25 Sep 2012, 02:10 3 0

Actually chrome on SGS3 4.04 isn't the smoothest. It's 300 times better than on iOS, yes, but still - I hope Samsung delivers something that is lighter and smoother.

Then again - maybe on 4.1 Chrome will be better.

Oh and yeah - I sold my iPhone 4 at last and got the SGS3. :) Screw you, Apple! :D

26. Samsomesh posted on 25 Sep 2012, 03:59 0 0

But did chrome supports flash?? Samsung should develop browser which will support flash contents..like one on safari.!

27. thelegend6657 posted on 25 Sep 2012, 04:52 1 0

What Samsung contributed to the Android and webkit source code . Why people still dumb to think that Samsung is a do no evil and all good company ? I agree that one google but Samsung is just the same as apple !
Btw can I port the ics browser to jellybean on my GNexus ? Old ics browser is better than chrome

29. addicted2088 posted on 25 Sep 2012, 09:35 0 0

Samsung did one good thing to the default browser during the Gingerbread days: add hardware acceleration to it even though Android itself did not have it, so the browser on the Galaxy S on Gingerbread was the smoothest there was.
But to see their own browser is not a thing I would want to see, but then again, I only buy Nexus devices, so won't really bother me.