The iPhone 4 has the best mobile web browser you can get - Safari
Browsing the web on mobile phones has often been tricky. But not so with the iPhone 4. Tap the Safari icon on your Home screen and, thanks to the 960x640 resolution and intelligent scaling, you can browse almost every website the way its designers intended, with no need to zoom in or scroll around any more than on a computer screen.
Since there are so many dots packed in, even tiny text and images are sharp and clear - the only limitation is your eyesight, not your iPhone. When you do want to zoom in, there are several handy ways to do this, as we'll show you on the opposite page.
Because most mobile phones are much less advanced, you'll still find some websites redirect you to a simpler mobile version when you open them on your iPhone. Sometimes this is helpful, because the mobile site is more clearly formatted for the small screen, but in other cases it's clunky and limits the features you can access. Scroll to the foot of the page and you'll
"You can browse almost every website the way its designers intended-no need to zoom or scroll"
"You can browse almost every website the way its designers intended-no need to zoom or scroll"
often find an option to switch from the mobile site to the full version.
One thing you can't do on the iPhone 4's screen is right-dick. Instead, tap and hold items to pop up a menu. For example, you can copy a link rather than going straight to it, or save a web image to your photo library. To email someone a link, tap the + icon (also used to add a bookmark) and choose Mail Link to this Page
Unlike desktop web browsers, Safari on your iPhone doesn't have tabs, but you can keep up to eight pages open at once and flip between them. With history and bookmark features available, it's easy to get where you want to go.
QUICK TIP
To go to a web page you recently visited, tap the Bookmarks icon, then History. Touch any title to go to that page. You can clear your history here. Wipe your cookies and web cache by going to Settings > Safari.
HOW TO / Master Safari's advanced features
HOW TO / Find your way around Safari
Address box
Type URLs here. To clear the current address, tap the grey cross. To edit the URL, tap the box twice to insert the cursor. Tap Go to load the page.
Pinch to zoom
You may well find yourself reading whole pages without zooming. But if you do need to zoom, touch the screen with two fingers close together, then push them apart. Reverse this to zoom back out. Remember you can move the page around while zooming so that you hit exactly the part you want.
Back/forward
Tap these controls to go back to the last page you viewed, or forward, just like in a browser on your computer.
Video links
Although Safari doesn't support Flash, many websites already use other technologies for video content, just tap to play an embedded video. Rotate your iPhone to landscape for the best view.
Multiple pages
You can open up to eight pages at a time, like tabs. Touch the icon at the bottom-right, then tap New Page. Flick left and right. Or tap and hold a link and choose Open in New Page.
For easy reading in multi-column web pages, just double-tap any column of text to zoom into it: the width of the column will fill your iPhone's screen. To zoom out, simply double-tap again. This makes it really quick to get around news sites, and means you can quickly crop out navigation and ad columns when reading your favourite blogs.
Touch to click
You may think buttons and menus will be too small to hit accurately, but trust your iPhone 4 to know exactly what you're aiming for. Even a big finger can easily select the right link at the first attempt.
Search
To search for something on the web, touch this box, then type and press Search. Google is the default search engine, but in Settings > Safari you can switch it to Yahoo or Bing if you prefer.
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