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Skyfire (Updated 12/10/09) (uploaded by coolpoete)
Date Added:
09-24-2008
Motorola Q Downloads:
800
Grade:
A+
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Mobile browsing exactly like your PC
With Skyfire on your phone you can for the first time ever shop, watch web video, listen to web music and stay connected on your social network -- just as you would on your PC. We're talking about full-featured PC versions of your favorite websites. Skyfire gives you speedy page loads, full audio, images and video. From Myspace, Facebook, YouTube to Hulu - it's the full web experienced on your phone
The real web, served-up right
Unlike other mobile browsers, Skyfire supports the desktop version of Adobe Flash applications so sites, including those that serve-up video and music, are rendered exactly as you would expect - just like your PC. You will instantly recognize the content, be familiar with the page layout -- which is not true for most mobile browsing experiences. We support all that's good about today's web - not just Flash, but also Silverlight, Ajax, QuickTime and more. And even better: Skyfire evolves with the newest capabilities without you having to do anything.
Go anywhere, see anything
Not only do we deliver video and audio, we also deliver everything else you routinely do on the web. Get maps, check sport scores, view weather forecasts, read the news, check flights, and stay active on your favorite social networks. From the Top 10 of websites all the way down to the obscurest of pages - you'll do it all from your mobile phone just like you do on your PC.
Blazing fast
Skyfire is faster than any mobile web browser you've ever used. You'll load web pages as fast as your PC and eliminate the long delays and error messages you get with other mobile browsers. Don't take our word for it, check out this bake-off by Laptop Magazine and see how we handily outclassed the iPhone 3G.
Easy to use
It's easy to experience the PC web on your phone with Skyfire's clickable content and intuitive navigation. We know it's a small screen and that's why we made navigating intuitive with full screen, thumbnails and adaptable zooming modes. You simply and quickly get to exactly where you want to be on a page - navigating at speeds that make the experience enjoyable.
Quick content and simple search
All the places you routinely visit are a click away. We have handy links to popular websites on the start page. Your bookmarks and your browsing history is just a click away. Better yet, you can even bookmark your specific view (zoom level, position) of content on a web page to get exactly to the right place in one click.
We made search simple. Use our nifty SuperBar to perform a search or enter a URL from a single field. We even suggest the most commonly used search keywords as you type. Plus the search results are from Google and Yahoo and are presented in easy to read tabs for each category: web, images, and videos, and maps. Simple and it's all a click away.
Plenty of handy features
We're always adding new features as we roll out our beta releases. Recently, we made it easy to share and easy to find mobile sites.
Discover something on the web that you want to share? Now you can send it to your friends from Skyfire via a text message. We even shorten the URL to easily fit into a single SMS text message with room to spare for your own words.
Don't like the big web page on your small screen? Want to go to the mobile site instead? If we find a mobile version of the same site, Skyfire lets you know - then you decide if you want the mobile or full website. Simply look for a 'Mobile Version' link at the top left of a page. Skyfire even renders iPhone specific web sites nicely.
On the phone you own - and free!
You can load Skyfire on your existing Windows Mobile (version 5 or 6) or newer Symbian Series 60 phones in a few steps. In a matter of minutes, you can install it either over the air or via your PC. It's free - what more can we say. No need to buy an expensive new phone and get locked into a new contract just because you want a better mobile internet experience.
Instructions:
- Sign up for an account at http://www.skyfire.com
- Download and install CAB file on your phone
hey, im not sure if i put it on wrong or something, but mine only worked for a day. and now it will only load the home page. i cant go anywhere from there.(load bar only goes halfway and freezes). please help someone.
kasovnik, that kind of activity is not encouraged. I'm sorry you'll have to wait till it's released overseas.
I tried it today and it works for me, not sure what the problem is. Try logging in to the site forum here and post your problems and see what they have to say.
Don't have text messaging enabled on your phone? You can download via your PC.
After you signed up on our website, we sent you an email to confirm your sign up. In that email, you will find a download link to install Skyfire via your PC by side loading.
The Skyfire browser is now more widely available with those in the US, Canada, and UK getting special attention. I've had quite a few mails about this, some saying, "It's as buggy as hell" and some saying, "It's the best thing since beer was invented". Now it's up to you to decide. Pick up your Windows Mobile and type get.skyfire.com. It'll install the appropriate CAB and then you'll be able to get browsing in no time - double-click to zoom, drag your finger to move around the page, share the page via text message, save pictures from sites, bookmark or browse to YouTube and watch your favourite videos.
Yes. You heard right. It'll do YouTube natively - this is great for anyone who doesn't have a HTC Diamond, Touch HD or similar. It'll also show all the Flash stuff I've thrown at it so far (yes, even the ads) - brilliant stuff. Screen switching isn't a problem and, whilst there is the odd moment when it throws me back to the home page for no real reason, it's a shockingly good internet browser.
While performance has improved from the Beta version, here is some of what Skyfire 1.0 offers:
Thumbnail interaction: Now you can click on links immediately after the page loads without having to zoom in. This enhancement is especially helpful for high resolution phones, and for familiar sites where you know right away where you want to click.
Improved Zoom: Double-tap or double-click to zoom over any element, including links, images or videos. The zoom interaction is smoother and more responsive as well.
Enhanced Navigation: When you navigate back or forward, you return to the last viewport (e.g. zoom level and portion of the page). Skyfire remembers even the viewport when you select a page from your history. You also have shortcut keys, (9) for forward and (7) for backward navigation.
Fast start: Skyfire changed both the sequence and behavior of the browser launch so you get started as quickly as possible. You can type a search or URL in the Superbar while Skyfire is connecting in the background. Start up was noticeably faster with 1.0 than the Beta versions.
Reconnect to last state: When you leave Skyfire in the background Skyfire will disconnect to preserve battery life. When you restore the browser it will reload the same page to the same zoom level and focus.
Enhanced search results: Google results now include video, news articles, local results all blended on a single results page and ordered by relevance. Vertical search categories are still available.
Known issues with Skyfire 1.0
Skyfire does have some known issues with this release which include:
HTTP Authentication (e.g. the native browser dialog that asks for username and password when going to certain sites) is not supported.
Text entry into Flash or Silverlight plug-ins is not supported.
Skyfire does not support ‘local storage’ mode for plug-ins. Thus the following will be affected: Netflix media player, Pandora media player, Rhapsody media player.
Since our Skyfire 1.0 launch, we’ve fixed a few bugs and are releasing this new update. We encourage you to upgrade today by going to http://get.skyfire.com with your device. The release versions are:
1.0.0.12114 for Symbian
1.0.0.12113 for Windows Mobile touch and non-touch
What’s new in this 1.0 update?
Reduced Memory footprint. We reduced the memory footprint of Skyfire for both Symbian and Windows Mobile devices. This should help folks reporting issues on memory constrained devices.
Fixes in this release
History is presented in the proper order.
Cookies in the UK data center are handled more reliably.
Sharing links via SMS are handled more reliably.
Reconnect correctly loads the last page in history plus we’ve improved reliability.
Site specific issues have been resolved for Rooftopcommedy.com and thefind.com.
Zoom buttons behave properly and disappear after a couple of seconds.
Default browser setting works more consistently.
Text entry on Symbian has been improved with one caveat below.
Known issues in this release
Multi-line text entry on Symbian: Skyfire might exit the text entry mode when the user is choosing a word from the predictive text list.Plus, using the down key might NOT get you out of text entry mode. If this happens, use enter or center OK. Issues 7149 & 7112
Superbar state on Symbian: Under some circumstances, exiting the Superbar via the ‘cancel’ option will navigate to the previous page. Issue 7158
Change connection on Symbian: Choosing the search WLAN option might not change the WLAN connection. Issue 6633.
Samsung Jack (AT&T): Because of a security policy on this device, it will not allow uninstall of Skyfire if there is not SIM card in the phone. Simply insert a SIM card.
8-24-09 - Skyfire Updated with Performance Improvements
Today, we learned that Torch Mobile has been acquired by RIM, meaning development for Windows Mobile has been halted. This is disappointing news for many people who were looking forward to the next Iris Browser update, which was said to introduce graphical and performance enhancements. Fortunately, there are plenty of other browsers to turn to and one of them just received an update.
Skyfire has been updated to 1.1 for Windows Mobile and Symbian devices. This update concentrates on performance updates regarding page load times, reconnecting, website support and plug-ins. If you haven't used Skyfire in a while, you'll also notice changes in the Start Page. Check out what’s new below and download the latest version from Skyfire.
New in 1.1:
• Improved page load times. For sites that take a long time to load, we updated our algorithm to bring you the content much quicker.
• Improved scrolling and zooming on Symbian. This is a much faster and smoother experience now.
• Improved reconnect. Skyfire will show clearly when you can start interacting with the web page in case it previously timed out and disconnected (to save battery life).
• WML support. If you are browsing to mobile sites that use the old mobile WML markup, you can now view the content.
• Improved mobile website support. Mobile.* websites are now rendered automatically as mobile with the exception of mobile.yahoo.com since it is a PC site.
• Page up/down navigation via short-key: You can use now ‘2’ and ‘8’ to easily navigate one page up or down. Great for reading articles. Now the short-key for invoking the Superbar is ‘*’. Please note that on some devices with a non-standard keyboard layout, short-keys may behave differently since this is phone specific.
• Updated Plug-ins: For Flash, Silverlight and QuickTime we have the newest versions to give you more compatibility with more sites.
We are proud to release today the best Skyfire browser yet. For those of you with high resolution (VGA) screens, you will appreciate the crisp text and stunning graphics of the new browser. The Windows Mobile version launches today, and we expect to have news for Nokia Symbian touch screen and high resolution phones very shortly.
Skyfire is a little company with a big mission: to ensure you can access on your mobile phone all the best web content that you can access on a desktop computer today. That’s a hard challenge, and so far we’re the only company that has found an elegant solution, using our Cloud Computing centers to boost your phones’ native capabilities. And with Skyfire browser v1.5, I am proud of all our latest improvements. Not just high resolution browsing, but also easier browsing, with our new user interface that’s more “finger friendly,” a full-screen mode that uses every inch of your screen, and so much more.
