The lastest SkyFire browser has improved speed and usability. It's unmatched for video support but has some issues with text handling

Skyfire today launched the next generation of its Skyfire browser, version 1.5, for Symbian S60 3rd and 5th edition smartphones. This updated version comes with support for high-resolution screens, a fresh user interface (UI) that is more finger friendly, crisper text, smoother zooming, and a full-screen mode and the support for Flash. Additionally,

Dennis Bournique has done a great job here of writing a full critical review of the new Skyfire browser for S60. It seems that, despite still being in beta, it's the best for viewing web video, but that there are still some day to day usability problems that need addressing.

Skyfire, the mobile browser that will be competing with Opera and Mozilla’s Fennec, has reached version 1.0 and is available as a free download. Presented as “the only mobile browser to bring the full PC Web to phones”, Skyfire 1.0 comes with new features and, thus, with improved usability. Skyfire supports a wide array of plug-ins, including

The popular microblogging service Twitter can be accessed from a mobile phone and from a PC. There are plenty of applications available for PCs that improve the usability of Twitter's primitive Web page. Mobile phone users can update their Twitter message streams simply by sending text messages to their accounts. Twitter's mobile page ( is also pretty archaic. The whole point with Twitte...

The Symbian Foundation today unveiled the first release of Symbian^3 which they expect to be code complete by the end of next month. This release features a wide range of enhancements including more advanced usability, faster networking and graphics acceleration in 2D and 3D for games and apps. The first devices running the new platform are expected to ship as early as Q3 this year. Along with mor...

The Symbian Foundation today unveiled the Symbian^3 (S^3) platform, the first entirely open source release following the platforms transition to an open source license on 4 February, 2010, which was the largest of its kind in history. S^3 is expected to be feature complete by the end of Q1 and the release will include: significant usability

The Symbian Foundation accidentally approved what security experts are labeling as a text message worm. According to virus experts at F-Secure, the worm, known under several names that include Yxe, Sexy Space or Sexy view, was written in China and has been attacking smartphone users there. The worm managed to sneak by Symbian's validation process and gained status as a "Symbian signed" app. W...

The Symbian Foundation today unveiled the first release of Symbian^3 which they expect to be code complete by the end of next month. This release features a wide range of enhancements including more advanced usability, faster networking and graphics ...

Via the Symbian blog, the team comments that the Skyfire Symbian video has clocked over 13,000 views on YouTube since launching January 20th