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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Nov 19, 2009 2:30PM

There are lots found by Googling "safari iphone emulator." Here are a
couple:

http://www.testiphone.com/

http://iphonetester.com/

BTW, I think they both require Safari.

Before I had an iPod Touch (which I recommend purchasing for testing
anyway), I used a Safari plugin called iPhoney
http://www.marketcircle.com/iphoney/ on one of my Macs.


I suspect you will start to see a trend where folks will be installing
adaptive themes to their CMS which will convert your website into a "mobile
ready" theme which looks and behaves like a real iPhone/iPod app. Read my
discussion and review of a WordPress theme-like plugin called WPtouch
http://jebswebs.net/blog/2009/11/very-cool-wp-plug-in/ Very cool indeed.

BTW, I did not address other smartphones and mobile browsers, but I suspect
that they will start to converge in the not too distant future and will
probably look more and more like the Safari iPhone/iPod browser since they
own a large share of the market and have become the standard to which all
the mobile phone makers seem to want to meet or beat.

~j

John E. Brandt
jebswebs.com
Augusta, ME USA
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