Google Mobile App…with Chrome?
by at January 4, 2009 4:47 pm
Sections: Apple News, iPhone, iPhone OS, SDK and hacks, iPhone/iPod touch/iPad, iPod, iPod touch, Rumors
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Did Google pull a fast one on Apple with their Mobile App? It seems there’s a bit of an Easter Egg on Google’s app for the iPhone that just might contain a browser other than Apple’s Mobile Safari.
The browser is not enabled by default. To enable it, go to the settings portion of the app and keep swiping until you see the “Bells and Whistles” option at the very bottom. From here, you can change a few things like the theme color, or more interestingly, you can enable “Open Links in App.”
At first, this sounds pretty tame, since all applications can use Apple’s Safari to open up web pages, but take a look at the screen shot. That’s not Safari. Apple’s Mobile Safari identifies itself as Safari version 3.1. Google’s browser identifies itself as Safari with an unknown edition…smells like WebKit to me.
These should match up. Since they don’t, it’s at least safe to say something funny is going on here. But I’d dare say this is likely a different browser, perhaps a version of Chrome. All of the evidence makes sense. It’s not enabled by default, the setting is hard to find, and it’s from a developer that admits to breaking the rules with the use of undocumented code. So quick; before Apple finds out and pulls this, download Google Mobile and browse like you’re free!
Via [9to5Mac]
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