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AppleInsider: Four third-party Web browsers appear on Apple's App Store
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis: Apple Changing ‘Duplicate Functionality’ Policy? New 3rd Party Web Browsers Appearing in App Store
News: Third-party browsing apps appear on App Store
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
In a shift away from its prior policy of barring third-party web browsing applications on the basis that they duplicated existing functionality, Apple has allowed a small group of third-party browsing apps to appear in the App Store. Amongst the new apps are Edge Browser ...
Four third-party Web browsers appear on Apple's App Store
AppleInsider —
... , and Shaking Web -- are based on Apple's Webkit framework, the same set of libraries that make up the foundation of the company's Safari and mobile Safari browsers. Firefox and Opera, two other third-party browsers that rely on their own rendering engines and frameworks, have unsurprisingly failed to gain App Store acceptance. The terms of Apple's iPhone SDK, the development kit that allows developers to author apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, ...
Apple Changing ‘Duplicate Functionality’ Policy? New 3rd Party Web Browsers Appearing in App Store
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
Times, they are a changin’. Especially when it comes to inclusion policies within the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) App Store. Word is spreading now that Apple may have/is making a shift in their strict ‘duplicate functionality’ policies.
When the App Store submission process opened, many developers from all over the globe were stunned when their apps were turned away for offering too many features similar to Apple’s own apps. Dubbed ‘duplicate functionality’ by Apple, developers were scorned and left bitter about the whole thing, until now…Perhaps. Because as I said earlier, the times… they are a ...
iPhone Opens to Some 3rd-Party Web Browsers, But Not Mobile Firefox
Wired: Epicenter —
Apple appears to have reversed its policy of rejecting apps that compete with the company’s own iPhone web browser, Mobile Safari. A slew of alternative browsers have suddenly popped up in the App Store offering iPhone fans some new ways to browse the web.
So far Apple has made no official announcement regarding its change of heart and it remains to be seen whether this reversal will apply to other apps that compete with Apple’s stock offerings. For instance, MailWrangler and Podcaster were both denied spots in the App Store for duplicating the functionality of Apple apps. As of this writing, both are still unavailable.
While the ...
Third-Party Browsers Make Way into App Store
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
[image] In the last day, Apple has begun to approve third-party web browsing apps for the iPhone. A slew of web browsing apps have hit the App Store, with original submission dates from as far back as October of last year. Though Apple has made no official statement, there is some speculation that all this time the browser applications were actually awaiting approval. There is specualtion that browser apps were blocked by Apple because they replicated features already available on the iPhone. They must have changed their minds. Regardless there are a variety of browser applications, including: - Edge Browser , a free app with address and navigation ...
