iPhoney
Written on July 18, 2007 by Brandon Eley and 4 people have commented
Mac software maker Market Circle has released iPhoney, an open-source iPhone simulator for web developers. See how your websites look on the iPhone in both portrait and landscape.
It lacks a few iPhone features, such as pinch and zoom, but will let you test while developing apps for iPhone (without using your iPhone). I think this is a great piece of software. Even though I have an iPhone, it’s inconvenient to try and view sites on it over and over while testing. It’s much easier to just keep iPhoney open and click refresh.
I tested the site with Digg (digg.com/iphone) and Leaflets (getleaflets.com), and they both worked well. I look forward to testing one of our iPhone optimized sites on iPhoney.
#1 Matt Radel says:It’s a bit cumbersome, but it’s better than nothing. I believe it’s an Adobe AIR (hate that name) app, which is pretty interesting.
#2 sage says:cumbersome? dude, its the best ever!
#3 Josh says:No offense, but wasn’t the iPhone supposed to be “the internet in your pocket”? It was supposed to be THE web, not a dumbed-down phone version. If that’s the case, why is everyone having to make sites specifically for iPhone?
#4 ColinR says:^this^