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Apple Opens Up iPhone To Third-Party Browsers

Posted by timothy on from the boiling-your-own-frog dept.

sedition writes "MacRumors is featuring a story on Apple's discreet decision to open the iPhone to 3rd-party browsers, by allowing them to appear on AppStore. While the big players are still at bay, several choices are offered, allowing you, e.g. to browse anonymously or in fullscreen. Prices vary."

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  1. Only Webkit-based browsers by caspy7 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Let me clarify this before the hundreds of comments talking about Opera and Firefox "Coming to the iPhone!".
    All of the browsers listed are based on Webkit, the rendering engine for Safari (in fact, I think they're all simply embedding Webkit).
    It is highly unlikely that Apple will allow a browser based on other technologies any time soon.

    Sorry to smash your hopes and dreams.