Give me a break with the iphone. Job's gift to
the world hardly classifies as an "old friend".
I do hear they are working on a phone for 
iphone though.

http://crackberry.com/ for an indepth review of a pre-release version. It does talk about the updated browser. I am betting on RIM this summer.

You can get the Opera browser for Blackberry, it's the only one I use on mine as the RIM-provided one is pants.

@alastair - there are current alternatives. Opera Mini is usable on my Pearl.

The styling looks similar to the Moto q9 series which has been out for over half a year. Better hardware of course (the BB).

Does this phone have a fully-featured browser client like the iPhone? I hate Apple and the prospect of being another "me too" iPhone user, but the BlackBerry browser is about to make me ditch RIM.

No amount of glossy design is going to make me buy a new BlackBerry until the browser is replaced.