Skyfire has issued an update to the S60 version of their browser. It’s V. 085.0.8084 and fixes an issue where the phone would prompt you to select an access point three times on start up and again when ever you wake the browser up from a nap. The latest release only prompts once at start up and once when it comes out of sleep mode. Still not ideal, there needs to be an option to set a default access point, … Continue reading
Several readers have confirmed that the latest SkyFire Browser Beta can be downloaded and used anywhere in the world. Just point your mobile or PC Browser at get.skyfire.com and download. No registration is required. Skyfire runs on most Windows Mobile 5 and 6 and Symbian S60 3rd edition phones. I’ve been using the new Beta, v 0.85.0.7935, on my N95-3 for a couple of days now – here are my impressions. Keep in mind that Skyfire is a Beta. There … Continue reading
Good news from Skyfire. Beta 0.85 of the Skyfire Browser has been released! Best of all, it’s now a direct mobile download and registration is no longer required. Until today Skyfire was only available to users in the US and Canada. With direct download and no registration I’m thinking anyone in the world should be able to use it now. The Skyfire website mentions that UK users will be connected to a new UK server but doesn’t say anything about … Continue reading
This is the second in a series of posts comparing free add-on full-web mobile browsers. If you missed the first one, covering TeaShark vs. Opera Mini it’s here. Here’s a look at UCWEB, Version 6. This browser comes from Guangzhou Ucfly Company in Guangzhou, China. I couldn’t find out much about this company other than what’s on their web page. Ucfly has partnerships with China Mobile and Chinese search engine Baidu. According to the company, UCWEB has been downloaded 11 … Continue reading
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Opera Mini, the free full-web browser that makes it possible you use almost any website on most any phone. Amazingly, using sites designed for an 800×600 px screen on one a tenth as large is both practical and pleasant in Opera Mini, thanks its combination of server side compression, smart reformatting techniques like content folding and fit to width and a brilliant user interface built a around one and two-click shortcuts … Continue reading
Skyfire, the much hyped, proxy based, full-web mobile browser for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 3rd edition devices is still in closed beta. That means that it is only available to a limited number of users and there is a waiting list. However according to MobileCrunch, SkyFire has opened the floodgates to all – but only for the next eight days. You have until August 30th the signup at www.skyfire.com/sign-up and you need to enter Michael8 in the Beta Code … Continue reading
At last! The Skyfire browser is available for S60 3rd Edition phones (Nokia N95, N82, E71, etc). I’ve been eagerly awaiting this since it was first announced, what a year ago? It’s a closed beta, so head on over to skyfire.comand sign up if you haven’t already. If you were accepted for the Windows Mobile Beta, as I was although I never installed as I don’t have a WinMo phone, it looks like you are automatically in the Symbian one … Continue reading
The iPhone has done so much to generate interest in using the web on phones with its big, beautiful screen and powerful browser with full JavaScript and CSS support. But the iPhone feature that seems to excite people the most is “Pinch to Zoom”. Apple has given the UI, including the browser, a multi-touch interface that lets you use two fingers to zoom; you slide your fingers apart to zoom in and see more details, slide them together to zoom … Continue reading