Develop a website for an iPhone without having iPhone/Mac

Question

I need to develop a website which will be used exclusively on iPhone and iPad. I don't have those devices, neither do I have a Mac.

What are the possible free solutions for me to be able to test the website during development?

The most obvious one would be to use an iPhone SDK, but since it costs $100/year but since it is available only for Mac, it is not a solution in my case.

Answer 1

Download Safari 5 for Windows, enable the Developer Menu features and change the User Agent to Mobile Safari iPad or Mobile Safari iPhone. This will let you see how your website looks when an iPad or iPhone renders it. Just make the window smaller to get the full experience.

If analyst predictions are right, there will soon likely be an abundance of iPhone 3G devices on eBay as lots of people are eligible to upgrade to iPhone 4 tomorrow. Picking up a cheap 3G may be the best solution to your testing requirements.

Or you can test it out at an Apple Store if your website is accessible over the internet or available on a laptop with an ad-hoc WiFi connection.

Answer 2

You can test your website in any browser, but yes, mobile browser probably behave different at some points.

If you cannot find a mobile web browser simulator for iPhone than the "cheapest" alternative would probably be an iPod touch.

Update:

You might want to have a look at iBBDemo:

iBBDemo2 - Cross Platform iPad and iPhone Simulator