Dolphin Browser for Android undergoes an update, shakes off the HD part of its name

Dolphin Browser HD, as it was formerly known, is now called just Dolphin Browser.

Responsible for the change is the new update 8.7 of the app, which doesn’t only alter the popular Android web browser’s name, but brings quite a few new features to the table.

After the update, Dolphin Browser now offers an easier way to manage and delete bookmarks. Also, you can now access Dolphin Sonar right from the homescreen via a shortcut.

Furthermore, there are various fixes to Dolphin Connect making it faster with a more stable syncing process. There are some visual changes, too, including a better looking address bar and an optimized landscape keyboard view.

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Nokia Carla screenshots leak, show new browser and keyboard

The upcoming update to the mobile Nokia OS, carrying the codename "Carla", shows up in screenshot form. The screenshots don't show much, however, you can get a taste of what the update is going to bring.

First, there's the new on-screen qwerty keybord, which seems to have been inspired by its Windows Phone cousin. The Nokia Browser has also been updated to a new version, which features some new UI improvements.

But the most noticeable change comes from the lock screen. Gone is the classic Unlock Button, and replacing it is a Swipe to unlock method. The user interface of the Music player also sees some improvements in the form of a refreshed UI, as does the Options screen, which borrows the looks of the Meego Harmattan UI.

The Nokia Carla OS update is reportedly destined for the Nokia 700, 701, 603 and the Nokia 808 Pureview. Unfortunately, the update won't be coming for the 1st generation Symbian^3 phones such as the Nokia N8, E7, C7 and C6-01.

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Tizen and BlackBerry 10 browser top the HTML5 test benchmark

The Linux-based Tizen platform is yet to see the light of day on a retail handset but it goes without saying that the OS is being tested internally by Samsung. As such, we are not completely surprised to see the name pop-up in benchmark results, which in this case happens to be the browser based HTML5 test.

What’s interesting, however, is that the Tizen browser not only showed up in the benchmark, it also managed to top it within its category (Mobile Phones) while running on an unknown device. But it wasn’t alone; snapping at its heels was a browser from another, yet to be launched OS, the BlackBerry 10.

As you can see from the scores above, the Tizen browser took the No.1 spot with a score of 363 with 15 bonus points whereas the BlackBerry 10 browser got a score of 361 with 10 additional points. Although it’s not confirmed yet, both browsers are likely to be based on the WebKit rendering engine, same as Mobile Safari and the Android browser. The third spot goes to the stable version of the recently launched Opera 12, with a score of 354 and 10 extra points. In comparison, both the iOS 5 and Android 4.0 browsers are behind, the latter more so than the former, and the Internet Explorer Mobile in Windows Phone 7.5 scored even less than the browser in Nokia Belle.

Of course, in real world, the HTML5 score does not affect the browser performance by a lot, especially today, but it’s one of those things that’s good to have, particularly in terms of future-proofing.

Update: As noted in the comments below, the score for the Tizen browser has been updated and it now stands at an astonishing 387 points with 15 bonus points. That’s even more than Chrome 17, which currently has the highest score of all the desktop browsers out there!