Skyfire, the mobile Internet Browser got an update yesterday, bringing the latest version, and a stable one at that to version 1.5. The Skyfire team posted on Twitter about the new release, adding that this version is very stable, and has had a lot of work put into it to fix several user reported bugs from the previous version. This version of Skyfire is available for both S60 5th, and...
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NokiaUsers on 21st Jan 2010 (via feedproxy.google.com)
#skyfire #s60. Please render texts properly before talking multimedia. Right now, some texts aren’t readable. And the rendering is crappy. # #skyfire s60. The most overhyped mobile internet #browser crap ever! Untill they fix it, it’s unusable! Off it goes from my phones! # Facebook for S60 5th Edition available. RT @symbianguru: New blog post: #Facebook For
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TheUIQEvangelist on 2nd Jun 2009 (via uiqblog.com)
#Skyfire S60 1.0.11819. Nothing new, bad rendering. Still very RAM hungry. Their “bring desktop web to smartphone” is the biggest shit ever! # Internet connection in Malaysia really sucks this week. But thanks to Opera #Turbo. I can visit my web favourites almost like nothing happen # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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TheUIQEvangelist on 13th Jun 2009 (via uiqblog.com)
#skyfire s60. The most overhyped mobile internet #browser crap ever! Untill they fix it, it’s unusable! Off it goes from my phones!
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TheUIQEvangelist on 2nd Jun 2009 (via uiqblog.com)
#skyfire s60 still sucks! # #maemo5 + #n900 + #opera 10.10 + mobility = HEAVENLY INTERNET! (i wish it will be true!). # #ubuntu #karmic + #opera 10.10 + #eeepc 1000he + wifi = internet heaven! # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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TheUIQEvangelist on 31st Oct 2009 (via uiqblog.com)
If you are a mobile web developer you might be interested in quirksmodes mobile browser compatibility tables. Theres a great table of browser features vs compatibility with Opera, Opera Mini, S60 Webkit, Netfront, BlackBerry, Internet Explorer mobile and Skyfire. My initial thoughts are that this table doesnt cover everything yet there are still significant differences. Also,
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MobilePhoneDevelopment on 14th Sep 2009 (via mobilephonedevelopment.com)
Fring is a mobile internet communications service and community. You can interact with friends using your handsets internet connection and allows all your friends to connect and share all their experiences. The latest version of Fring’s Symbian S60 client has been updated and is no longer the Nokia thing, the only version that works on
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PhonesReview on 6th Aug 2009 (via phonesreview.co.uk)
Skyfire, a new mobile web browser, enables anyone with a Windows Mobile or supported Symbian S60 device to enjoy a richer internet using Flash 10 and Silverlight 2.0. With Flash, you can get your YouTube and Hulu on a handset. Skyfire’s CEO, Nitin Bhandari (above), demos the mobile browser. It features a customizable RSS feed. You
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DailyWireless on 27th May 2009 (via dailywireless.org)
The popular proxy-based, media-friendly (and free) browser, Skyfire, has just had a significant update, to v1.0.0.12114, adding a reduced memory footprint and a long list of bug fixes (detailed below). You can upgrade by going to on your S60 3rd Edition phone. There's still no S60 5th Edition version, sadly.
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AllAboutSymbian on 1st Jul 2009 (via allaboutsymbian.com)
Skyfire is one of the two major mobile-only web browsers out there. It's an independent, downloadable mobile internet browser, with a design ethos of trying to make browsing the mobile web as much like the PC experience as possible. And today it has announced the launch of version 1.5 for Symbian smartphones - the most populous device OS in the world. What's new?
Right behind the S60 YouTube application is another version for Windows Mobile. The big talk, however, is the possibility of YouTube using Silverlight rather than Flash technology as demonstrated in their March Madness channel. WinMo devices have already shown they can handle Silverlight with the Skyfire mobile browser, and Internet Explorer Mobile is due to
