In our last HTML5 scorecard, we took a look at the Microsoft Surface vs. the iPad gen4 and gave our nod to the iPad as the best HTML5 platform on tablets. This time, we’re putting the just launched BlackBerry Z10…

This week, we've been putting both the iPad gen 4 and the Microsoft Surface tablet through their paces to see how they stack up as HTML5 platforms. HTML5 is the next generation of web technologies that is increasingly being adopted…

It wasn't too long ago that web developers were struggling with poor implementations of JavaScript timers in desktop browsers. John Resig's survey of desktop browser timers at the end of 2007 showed serious problems with timer resolution and/or timer consistency…

Last month, RIM released OS 2.0 for the BlackBerry PlayBook. We were already very impressed with the PlayBook 1.0 browser, and we were anticipating more, new and better. We put it through our HTML5 test wringer, and were pleased to…

Apple’s new iPad has a beautiful screen, but often struggles to smoothly display and scale even average webpages. This month, Apple released the "new iPad", its newest and latest tablet device, featuring a high resolution "Retina Display", an updated CPU…

As part of our continuing series on the HTML5 capabilities of new mobile platforms, today we’re taking a look at the new Chrome for Android mobile browser beta. There have been rumors of Chrome for Android for quite some time,…

As part of our continuing series on the HTML5 capabilities of new mobile platforms, today we're taking a look at the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first device to ship with Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich. We've been hearing rumors…

  As part of our continuing series, we ran the new Amazon Kindle Fire through our tests to see how it stacks up as an HTML5 app platform. When the Kindle Fire was announced, we were excited about getting our…

Whenever a new device or mobile operating system comes out, we do our HTML5 Developer Scorecard to help folks who are building mobile web apps understand how to take advantage of these new devices. In early October, iOS 5 (and…