Alternative mobile browsers tested: Skyfire vs Opera Mobile vs Fennec vs Safari vs Internet Explorer vs BlackBerry

OS: iPhone
Version tested: OS version 3.1.2
Javascript benchmark: 15,499.2ms
Acid3 result: 100/100

A couple of days testing browsers actually made us appreciate Safari on the iPhone even more, despite its drawbacks. There's no Flash support, and multiple pages won't load simultaneously, but the user interface is serene and easy to use. The iPhone's large, responsive touchscreen can take much of the credit for this though, especially compared to the Toshiba TG01's resistive effort. But Safari does an excellent job of rendering pages accurately and quickly -- better than its desktop cousin, we'd argue.

There are heaps of alternative browsers available in Apple's App Store, but they all use the same underlying browser technology as Safari, with minor differences in the user interface or privacy settings setting them apart.