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Skyfire 1.0 web browser brings Hulu, full web experience to Windows Mobile
The browser has been in beta for about a year and a half, but today the Skyfire team released Skyfire 1.0 to the public.
While the mobile browser that ships with most Windows Mobile phones can handle basic web pages, Skyfire can handle pages with rich media content including Flash 10, Quicktime, Silverlight, and Realplayer audio and video files. In other words, this is the first mobile browser that you can point at a web page like YouTube, Hulu or ESPN and simply watch web videos on the site. There's no need for a separate application just to play videos from those sites.
The browser also features the zoomable interface we've come to expect from modern web browsers. You can either view a whole web site as it would appear on a desktop browser (albeit, with tiny, unreadable text), or zoom in on the area you want to view.
Skyfire includes tools for keeping up with your friends on social networks including Facebook and Twitter. There's also an option to share any web page with your friends either via SMS or by posting a link to sites like Facebook.
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sitruc said 7:43AM on 5-28-2009
The latest IE is a big improvement over the original IE with WM6. I split browsing between IE, Opera and Skyfire.
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nikescar said 7:43AM on 5-28-2009
This is what I've been waiting for in a mobile browser. Strangely, no sound for any web videos though. HTC Tilt/Kaiser/TyTn II
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Geir said 7:43AM on 5-28-2009
"We're sorry, currently our video library can only be streamed within the United States."
Sites like this that tries to make borders on the Internet doesn't deserve any publicity IMO.
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t3yf5g said 3:20PM on 5-28-2009
Call me when they release a VGA version. For now I will stick with remote desktop web browsing.
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smitchell said 4:22PM on 5-28-2009
I was particularly interested in how this would handle the BBC's iPlayer service. Unfortunately, when I tried it earlier it stuttered badly. I'm not sure whether this is down to a flaky Wi-Fi connection, the browser itself or my phone not having enough processing power, so it would be interesting to read about other people's experiences with streaming content (and iPlayer in particular).
As for general browsing, it feels a little less polished than Opera Mobile (which came pre-installed on my Samsung Omnia). Just little things like the on-screen keyboard not opening when you enter a text field, lack of haptic feedback and (at first glance, at least) no support for custom zoom levels.
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Mobile Developer said 8:13AM on 6-13-2009
skyfire, hulu, flash and windows mobile... a great combination for sure!
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Level 5 said 3:38PM on 6-30-2009
I'll try this.. but I must say I'm skeptical.. Opera Mobile 9.7 with Flash Lite takes care of most of this stuff without using a cloud.. but it would be cool to have to choice.
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