This is swanky. RIM's showing off BlackBerry's new WebKit-based browser, and yes, it's fast! JavaScript actually loads! It even scored a perfect 100 in the Acid3 rendering test. Still months away, but we'll take it. [BlackBerryRocks]

It's loooong past time for RIM to shitcan BlackBerrys' stock browser. Today, a new patent for server-optimized browsing, combined with their obvious interest in WebKit, means they might be about to do just that.

Another mobile software maker has fallen for the seductive charms of WebKit, and it's a biggie: RIM has acquired Torch Mobile—the company that makes the WebKit-based Iris browser—to "contribute to the BlackBerry platform." So long, asstastic BlackBerry browser.