Apple Allows Third-party Web Browsers for the IPhone
Wed, Jan 14th, 2009 |
For the most part, I've been pretty satisified with my iPhone's built-in browser. It seems to work generally well, although it lacks the customization features and options that I've become accustomed to on my MacBook's version of Firefox.
However, MacRumors notes that, starting earlier this week, Apple did an about-face, finally allowing new third-party browsers for the iPhone. There's an implicit catch however, namely that all of the browsers must be based on the same WebKit engine that underlies Safari itself. So don't expect to see Firefox anytime soon.
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