The web browser Safari is the common ground for testing. This desktop iPhone simulator simulates the exact user interface (UI) of iPhone and can be used to make real phone calls, receive the same, add contacts using Ribbit. There is a nice platform independent iPhone simulator developed on Adobe’s AIR and Flex technology by developer Merhl. iPhone Simulator for Windows and Mac based on AIR and Flex Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone U CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5 Related: how to view iPhone websites in desktop Safari browser as an iPhone simulator Here is the user-agent string for iPhone 4S and iPad’s Safari browser. Even tho’ we can use user-agent strings for iPhone and iPad in other browsers like Firefox, IE, Opera and Chrome, using it inside Apple’s own Safari browser gives the default look and sleek performance. However, simulating iPhone/iPad/iPod websites is supported only for simpler tasks on the ground of User-agent. We can use Safari to simulate your websites and web apps that are designed for iPad, iPod and iPhone based on the User-agent selection from developer’s menu in the browser itself. TechSansar wrote months ago on how to experience iPad and iPhone browsing experience from Safari web browser. Most of these simulators are not interactive with apps and just good for party tricks not for actual iOS functionalities. Once again we list here some of really useful and free simulators for iPad and iPhone, some of them are emulators as well and some of them are just iPhone eye candy simulators (jut for your eyes). iPad and iPhone Emulators or Simulators are all around us because of popularity gained by the iOS vices. There are many tricks to test your website, web service or apps for iPad and iPhone even without owning the gadget.

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