Apple has let four mobile web browsers around its “duplicate functionality” SDK clause enabling them entrance into the app store, reports MacRumors’ Arnold Kim. Apple has seemingly been loosening the rules regarding duplicate functionality starting a while back with the popular flatulence applications for the iPhone, Pull My Finger and iFart Mobile. In fact, the new web browsers applied for inclusion into the app store last October, likely meaning Apple has a huge backlog of apps that offer some sort of duplicate functionality but will eventually be released. If you think you’ll see Firefox, Chrome, Opera or any competitive browser on the iPhone in the near future though, think again.
The new browsers include Edge, Incognito, WebMate and Shaking Web. However, as CRN points out, each browser is built on Apple’s Safari Webkit. Browsers such as Firefox and Chrome are built on independent platforms. The new browsers don’t pose any competitive threat to Apple either.
Don’t get too excited. Steve Jobs isn’t quite that loose.
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