When I first used Safari on my iPhone, I was blown away by how much better it was than any other mobile browser, but since then, Apple hasn’t done much with it. A recent Safari update brought significant speed increases, but there are many other limitations that finally led me to try something else, namely iCab Mobile. Is improving your web browsing experience on the iPad or iPhone/iPod touch worth $2?
Before you object to paying for a web browser, let me remind you of a few Apple apps and their alternatives.
On iOS, Apple gave you a Notes app, but many people prefer Simplenote or other text editors or note programs because they offer more features. If you subscribe to MobileMe, you have a 20 GB iDisk, but anyone who has tried Dropbox knows that it works much better. Apple gave you iCal, but BusyCal is a lot better. Apple gave you TextEdit in OS X, but BBEdit and TextMate are much better. You can read RSS feeds in Mail or Safari, but do you?
Likewise, Apple gave us Safari, which is “good,” but iCab offers many features that make it “great.”
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