appleinsider.com - 10/3/2008
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One unpublicized feature introduced by Apple's latest iPhone software updates is the ability save Web apps to the home screen and have them launch in full-screen mode without the Safari wrapper, essentially mimicking the experience of a native app.
intomobile.com - 10/6/2008
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intomobile.com —
Web-apps promised to make native mobile applications a
dying breed . But, with web-apps requiring a constant...
wireless connection and the need to run within a mobile web browser, native applications are still running strong. But, with the iPhone 2.1 ...
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Use web-apps without Safari on iPhone 2.1 OS
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Current iPhone Software supports full-screen Web apps
MacDailyNews —
... Sam Oliver reports for AppleInsider. "Clancy, an AppleInsider reader who brought the matter to our attention, believes the undocumented feature arrived as part of the most recent iPhone Software 2.1 update. He notes that the capability is only present in Web applications specifically authored to include the full-screen code," Oliver reports. Full article, with a link to a demo application for iPhone users to try out and step-by-step instructions for triggering the full-screen mode, here .
Full-screen Web apps feature with latest Apple iPhone software
Phones Review —
... feature came with iPhone Software update 2.1, and went even as far as to create a demo app for iPhoners to try out.
So here’s what you need to do… Load the demo app in Safari on your iPhone…hit the “+” button at the base of the Safari app…select “Add to Home Screen”…save the App to the Home Screen…tap the icon that was just saved to your Home Screen…and the demo App should load in full screen without the Safari wrapper.
Source – appleinsider
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Hidden 2.1 feature: Full screen ahead
iSmashPhone —
... The progress of the process:
[Source: AppleInsider via iPhone Alley]
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iPhone Secret: Web Apps Can Mimic Real Apps [Apple]
Gizmodo —
... iPhone OS 2.2 update: The secret feature is "hidden" in the current 2.1 version and only requires one thing: HTML code embedded in the web page itself. No iPhone modification is required. If you are browsing this from the iPhone, you can try it yourself very easily: 1. Click here to go to the Web page. Safari will open this time. 2. Click on the + icon and add the page to the iPhone home screen. 3. Go out and click on the saved application. Magic! [AppleInsider]
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