Tag archive: Skyfire

Samsung must have been listening when Steve Jobs announced tablets under 7-inches would be “DOA,” as evidence suggests they will be releasing a 10.1-inch model. Wired got hold that the larger Galaxy Tab was on display at the FPD International Green Device trade show in China today and already the hype has begun. Labeled an e-reader at the China conference, the specs suggest that it actually is a fully functional tablet. The magnified screen… Read More

A few short hours after debuting, the browser that was supposed to bring flash video to iPhones around the world mysteriously disappeared from the iTunes App Store. The developer stated that the Skyfire browser had “sold out of inventory” shortly after becoming the top grossing app on iTunes. Suspicions immediately centered on Apple who could conceivably be a bit put off by someone designing a work around to Apple's… Read More

The wait is finally over, and come Thursday morning, CNN Money is reporting that iOS devices will be able to run Flash. Up until now, there’s been nothing but bad news on the Flash for iPhone and iPad front. Two years ago, Adobe’s CEO determined it outright impossible without compromise on Apple’s part. And just this spring, Adobe completely scrapped all development, citing Apple’s unwillingness to relinquish any control over its platform. Apple… Read More

Android users tired of the operating system's built-in Google browser will soon have another option. At its global press day, Up North Web, Opera announced a full version of its Internet browser for Android devices. The new smartphone browser will feature hardware acceleration for faster speeds and a pinch-to-zoom feature, according to the company's official blog. It will be available in the next month. Opera Mobile will co-exist… Read More

Hot on the heels of Apple CEO Steve Jobs dissing Adobe Flash, Skyfire has released version 2 of its Skyfire Web browser for Android devices…and guess what? It (sort of) includes support for Adobe Flash content. In addition to nuking broken links in Facebook streams and putting Twitter front and center, Skyfire 2.0 sports a new “SkyBar” toolbar at the bottom of the screen that can bring Flash video to Android devices by… Read More

Windows Mobile, may not be the biggest player in the smart phone market, but current estimates indicate that it is still clinging to a 8-9 percent marketshare. That's a lot of smart phones. For those lucky WinMo users, a new edition of a third party browser has landed which provides a compelling

Since January of last year, there's been a fair bit of buzz in the Windows Mobile community over Skyfire, a Web browser being developed for Windows Mobile phones that promises to bring the PC browsing experience—you know, with full HTML rendering, support for plug-ins like Flash, QuickTime, and Windows Media, and Web 2.0 applications—to mobile devices. But the buzz has been limited because comparatively few people have… Read More