Written by Hagop Kavafian - Current Location: Paris, France
The famous free browser has now been updated to version 1.5, which allows it to be fully functional on S60 v5 phones and of course support touchscreen features. But the application isn't famous for no reason. Indeed, Skyfire offers many features no other browser does, such as full flash support, full screen browsing, automatic rotation, kinetic scrolling (on touchscreen devices), an easy to use interface and smooth zooming. Of course, the browser supports JavaScript and Ajax as wellbut it can also handle features unseen on any other mobile browser: It provides you with information at a glance as it integrates your Twitter, Facebook, RSS and GMail feeds directly into your homepage, so that you don't even need to access the web page to view them.
Still being a beta version, Skyfire 1.5 is sometimes slow, especially when scrolling, but remains a very stable application. We experienced almost no problem with the application, especially given the fact that we were able to watch videos on Youtube without issues. We also browsed several full Flash sites with no problem. The only thing we didn't appreciate is the "dinosaur era"-looking toolbar, which we're sure could have been designed in a better-looking way.
You can download Skyfire from here or by pointing your browser to m.skyfire.com
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No thanks, Skyfire, you can keep your browser.
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