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By on 5 January 2009 11:38

Safari on iPhone

The browser preloaded on Apple's iPhone is a version of the Mac-maker's desktop offering Safari, based on open source WebKit tech. Custom tweaked for the iPhone, Safari certainly makes the most of the device's touchscreen - zooming in and out of web pages is effortless, with users able to just pinch to shrink or prise to expand their view. Like a lot of Apple's wares, it's user-friendly but only available on Apple kit.

Features

  • Innovative use of multitouch touchscreen for zooming in and out of web pages
  • Kinetic scrolling making it easier to pan around large pages
  • Virtual keyboard
  • Support for landscape browsing

Lacks

  • Flash or Java support
  • Cut and paste

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  1. 1. Gordon

    I use SkyFire on my HTC phones, it's very quick for browsing, although the flash player is a bit flaky and doesn't play flash from every web-site I've tried.

    • 6 January 2009 09:48
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  2. 2. John

    Don't forget the native Series 60 3rd edition browser on recent Nokia devices. Nice and fast and includes flash support.

    • 8 January 2009 11:23
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