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WebMate is the new third party web browser for Apple iPhone that is available for $0.99 at the App Store. The best part of this mobile browser is the ability to support tabs. This means that when you click on a hyperlink the WebMate does not reload the existing web page, instead it open opens the linked content in another window and the user can easily shift between different windows via a counter displayed at the bottom of the screen.

The user interface is good and easy to operate. If you want to close any window then simply use the little trash icon at the bottom of the screen. If you usually click on loads of links while browsing or a hardcore fan of Mozilla Firefox then this one is for you. One of the greatest strengths of the iPhone, as compared to other internet surfing capable phones, like the HTC Touch HD, is the selection of web browsers that the user is offered. Instead of being relegated to one single browser, the iPhone gives users the ability to choose their favourite, just like with a regular computer.

Of course, using WebMate, instead of the default Safari on iPhone, does have its flaws. One of these is that it does not saves the content of the opened tab. This means that whenever you switch from one window to other the whole web page will be reloaded again. This ultimately slows down web browsing and sometime frustrates the user if he is in hurry. Another issue with WebMate is that it do not offer core features like bookmarks, auto complete, and history.

Apple is entertaining the third party Internet browsers nowadays and some of them have already been provided a space in the App Store. As of now there are only three third party browsers that can be downloaded from App Store for the iPhone, and compete with Apple’s Safari browser.

The first one is Edge Browser. The speciality of EDGE is that it allows full screen web browsing. However, to offer this the browser sacrifices on screen controls and navigation menus. So unless you are using analytics or working on a site about which you know each and everything the EDGE is useless. But EDGE is the only third party browser that is available for free. The second web browser that is Incognito that is very useful if you fear of leaking your website activities to another user. This browser leaves no traces of any session established between the phone and the web server. In other words you can browse the Internet without any worries as nobody can find out that which web sites you visited. The only downside of this browser is that it comes with a price tag of $1.99.

Another third party browser exclusively developed for Apple iPhone is the WebMate browser. You can get it by paying just 99 cents. If you are addicted to tabbed browsing then this one is for you. But this one also has its own limitations, and Safari naturally remains the best browser for your Apple iPhone. It cannot save information of active tabs. That means if you switch from one tab to other the latter one will get reloaded from scratch. So the overall browsing experience will be slow.