Yesterday Apple paved the way for competing browsers to be released through the iTunes App Store. This is the first instance where Apple has allowed applications that duplicate functionality of its own software packages. The model was fairly doomed in the long run looking back as Microsoft and Internet Explorer.
With this change in policy come a deluge of little-known browsers to the iTunes App Store. Hopefully with the barrier removed, we’ll soon see other browsers like Opera Mobile working on iPhone releases. In addition, these companies could work on building browsers that support Flash as well as Javascript.
Here’s the breakdown on the four new iPhone browsers:
- Incognito: This iPhone browser allows you to surf anonymously, leaving no trace of your browsing history for $1.99
- Shaking Web: This iPhone browser uses an anti-jitter algorithm for easy reading for $1.99
- WebMate Tabbed Browser: A simple tabbed browser for the iPhone $0.99
- Edge Browser: This iPhone browser eliminates all edges to maximize use of the screen real estate and is free
Via PC World
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