Chapter 11

Going On a Mobile Safari

In This Chapter

arrow Surfing the Net

arrow Opening and displaying web pages

arrow Using a wireless network

arrow Having fun with links, bookmarks, and History lists

arrow Securing Safari

“The Internet in your pocket.”

That’s what Apple promised the iPhone would bring to the public when the product was announced in January 2007. In the years since, Apple has come tantalizingly close to delivering on that pledge.

For years, the cellphone industry offered a watered-down mobile version of the Internet, but the approaches typically fell far short of what people had come to experience while sitting in front of a computer.

Apple was a pioneer in replicating the real-deal Internet on a phone. Web pages on an iPhone look like web pages on a Windows PC or Mac, right down to swanky graphics and pictures — and at least some video and web-based games.

In this chapter, you find out how to ...

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