{"id":1913,"date":"2008-11-21T12:36:21","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T19:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wapreview.com\/?p=1913"},"modified":"2008-11-23T21:40:03","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T04:40:03","slug":"skyfires-new-beta-uk-and-probably-world-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wapreview.com\/1913\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyfire’s New Beta – UK and Probably World Availability"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SkyfireGood 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.\u00a0 \"SkyfireUntil today Skyfire was only available to users in the US and Canada.\u00a0 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 other countries.\u00a0 Can someone outside of the UK, US and Canada try installing Skyfire and see what happens?<\/p>\n

I installed the new Beta on my N95-3 by simply visiting get.skyfire.com<\/a> with the phone’s built in WebKit browser.\u00a0 You can also download it from the same URL to your PC and install it with PC Tools. The first time I installed I got a warning that I must un-install ny existing Skyfire Beta first\u00a0 After canceling the installation and removing Skyfire Beta 0.6, I restarted the download and install, which seems to have succeeded.\u00a0 I was somewhat put off by the message “Component Symbian OS Pipe is missing, Continue Anyway?<\/em>” that appeared while installing but I ignored the message and pressed on and Skyfire works.<\/p>\n

Registration isn’t required, but it allows you to backup your bookmarks and history on Skyfire’s servers so that they are preserved across upgrades and when you change phones.\u00a0 Existing Skyfire users can log in when they start Beta 0.85 for the first time, new users can create an account from within Skyfire.<\/p>\n

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SkyFire is a proxy based browser that is currently available as a native application for most Windows Mobile 5 and 6 (touchscreen and non-touchscreen) and Symbian S60 3rd edition phones.\u00a0 It uses Firefox as its back-end rendering engine and pages look stunning.\u00a0 Skyfire’s best feature is great support for web based animation and video.\u00a0 Unlike the Flash support built into S60, which is limited to obsolete Flash 8 .flv files, Skyfire supports the latest Flash 9 plus Microsoft Silverlight and can play virtually all web based Flash and Silverlight content.<\/p>\n

I’ll post a full review of Skyfire 0.85 later.\u00a0 For now here are the release Notes:<\/p>\n

Skyfire 0.85 Release Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Released: November 21, 2008<\/p>\n

Skyfire brings the PC internet experience to your mobile. Watch videos on YouTube or Hulu, connect with your friends on Myspace or Facebook, shop on Amazon, or listen to music. If you can experience it on your computer, you now can do it with Skyfire on the go.<\/p>\n

Skyfire is fast, easy to use and available for free for many smart phone models.<\/p>\n

Skyfire 0.85 Beta adds (standard) VGA support for Windows Mobile devices and brings the feature set for our Symbian client in line with Windows Mobile. Skyfire will continue to maintain both platforms in future releases.<\/p>\n

We greatly appreciate your participation in our beta community. Your support and feedback on the forums at http:\/\/support.skyfire.com\/forums\/<\/a> helps us to constantly improve the product.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s new in 0.85 for both Windows Mobile and Symbian:<\/strong><\/p>\n