Update: These browsers are WebKit-Based. We probably won’t be seeing Opera or Firefox in the AppStore any time soon. But we may see Chrome, a webkit-based desktop browser by Google, in the AppStore one day. Apple is taking baby steps at the moment, and that’s just fine.
Very exciting news, Apple has started to allow 3rd-party web browsers into the AppStore for use on iPhone or iPod Touch. Now you can drop that always-crashing Safari web browser that comes with every iPhone and iPod Touch and perhaps use a better, faster, stabler web browser. This means fabulous, world-famous browsers such as Firefox and Opera may one day be on your iPhone!
Released Web Browsers so far:
Edge Browser – Free - No loss of screen real estate to the address or navigation bars
Incognito – $1.99USD - Now you can browse without leaving a history of any kind.
WebMate: Tabbed Browser – $0.99USD - Web Mate simplifies browsing by queuing up all the links you click on, then allowing you to view them one by one when you’re ready.
Shaking Web – $1.99USD - adds a sophisticated algorithm to compensate for small hand shaking to allow for easier reading.
Apple has not made an official announcement but finally Apple has lightened up and allowed 3rd-party web browsers to be used on the iPhone!
Hahaha, apple are charging for something they could not get right themselves. Typical.
Apple isn’t charging, the developers of the released web browsers are the ones setting the price. But Safari ain’t all that bad.
Here’s why this is amazing news:
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