Apple Allows 3rd Party Browsers into App Store

Welcome to Technology Chat Corner. We hope you enjoy your visit.

You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Plus, members will have all ads on the board removed. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.

Join our community!

If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Apple Allows 3rd Party Browsers into App Store
Topic Started: Jan 14 2009, 08:37 AM (55 Views)
Dark Knight	Jan 14 2009, 08:37 AM Post #1
Admin Posts: 4,395 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 24, 2007	Apple Allows 3rd Party Web Browsers into App Store Tuesday January 13, 2009 11:24 PM EST; Category: iPhone Written by Arnold Kim Over the past 24 hours, Apple has begun to approve 3rd party web browsing applications for the iPhone. A number of new web browsing apps have suddenly appeared with original submission dates ranging as far back as October. While Apple has made no official acknowledgements, it appears these applications were likely in a special queue awaiting for approval. We had seen a similar "group" delays with other categories of apps. The most notable example involved flatulence applications such as Pull My Finger and iFart Mobile. Once Apple decided to allow the category within the App Store, a backlog of apps quickly appeared. Web browsing applications were previously charged with "duplicating functionality" of other iPhone apps and was felt to be the reason why Opera would never be approved by Apple. A partial list of these new applications include: - Edge Browser (Free) - No loss of screen real estate to the address or navigation bars. - Incognito ($1.99) - Now you can browse without leaving a history of any kind. - WebMate:Tabbed Browser ($0.99) - 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 ($1.99) - adds a sophisticated algorithm to compensate for small hand shaking to allow for easier reading. This could open the door for mobile versions of prominent web browsers such as Opera and Firefox, though there remain other SDK restrictions that could prevent full-featured versions of those browsers from appearing. Still, Apple appears to be loosening some early restrictions they had applied to the App Store approval process.
	I can't wait for the I'm an iPad/I'm a Maxi-Pad commercials


1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)


« Previous Topic · Apple · Next Topic »