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iPhone Apps - Web Browsers for the iPhone and iPod Touch

Safari is not the only Web browser available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Dozens of alternative browsers can be downloaded via the App Store. Here you will find profiles, reviews, and screen shots of these browsers.

12 iPhone and iPod Touch Web Browsers

12 iPhone and iPod touch Web browsers that can be used as alternatives to Apple's Safari. Each of these browsers is available for download via the App Store.

iPhone Apps - Aquari Browser

Aquari for the iPhone and iPod touch is a Web browser that provides a secure browsing experience without sacrificing other functionality. Access to the application can be protected with an optional 4-digit passcode, giving you the ability to prevent others from accessing your bookmarks, history, and other configuration items.

iPhone Apps - Hot Browser

Hot Browser for the iPhone and iPod touch is a Web browser that loads a random news website each time you shake your device. This random site is supposedly determined by current popularity across the Web. Some common results that are served up include Slashdot and the New York Times.

iPhone Apps - iBrowse2 Browser

iBrowse2 for the iPhone and iPod touch is a browser that gives you the ability to view two Web pages simultaneously by displaying them side by side. This dual page browsing adds a unique element of convenience in situtaions where comparisons are important, such as online shopping.

iPhone Apps - Magic Browser

Magic Browser for the iPhone and iPod touch is a Web browser that boasts a number of extremely useful features not found in many other offerings, including Safari.

iPhone Apps - Mobicip Browser

Mobicip for the iPhone and iPod touch is a Web browser that blocks children from viewing adult content on their portable device. Utilizing a unique type of dynamic filtering, this browser does more than just check a website against an existing URL blacklist.

iPhone Apps - Privately Web Browser

Privately for the iPhone and iPod touch is a Web browser designed with your privacy in mind. Based on the same core components as Safari, Privately ensures that no tracks are left behind when you are finished surfing the Web.

iPhone Apps - PrivateWeb Browser

PrivateWeb for the iPhone and iPod touch is a Web browser that deletes your cache, cookies, and browsing history each time you exit the application. Based on the same core components as Safari, PrivateWeb offers a basic yet anonymous browser experience on your portable device.

iPhone Apps - QuickSurf Browser

QuickSurf for the iPhone and iPod touch is a Web browser that renders pages faster than most iPhone browsers by not downloading the majority of advertisements and image files contained on a Web page. This is ideal on slower connections, such as the EDGE network, and gives you the ability to access the sites you need when in a rush.

iPhone Apps - Incognito Web Browser

The Incognito iPhone app is a browser, based on the same WebKit rendering engine as Safari, which gives you the ability to privately surf the Web without leaving any tracks by completely anonymizing your entire mobile browsing experience.

iPhone Apps - Mini Browser

Mini Browser for the iPhone and iPod touch is a browser that provides a respectable functionality set without occupying a significant amount of memory or drive space. The main goal of its developers was to give users the ability to have a pleasant browsing experience and still be able to sufficiently run other memory-intensive applications upon exit without having to restart your device.

iPhone Apps - Shaking Web Browser

Shaking Web for the iPhone and iPod touch is a browser truly designed for surfing on-the-go. Based on the same core components as Safari, the application detects slight hand movements such as shaking and applies the opposite movement to the webpage content that you are viewing.

iPhone Apps - Wide Web Browser

Wide Web for the iPhone and iPod touch is a Web browser that provides full screen display at a resolution of 320 x 480. The browser's address bar and menu can be easily hidden to provide a true full screen experience. The hidden items can then be quickly returned to the screen by lightly shaking your device.

Screenshots of the Web Mate Web Browser for the iPhone

Screenshots of the Web Mate Web browser for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Screenshots of the Shaking Web Browser for the iPhone

Screenshots of the Shaking Web browser for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Screenshots of the Incognito Web Browser for the iPhone

Screenshots of the Incognito Web browser for the iPhone and iPod touch.
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