Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: skyfire, mobile, browser | Themes: Software, Smartphones
14. Prefer the Mobile Web?
Some mobile versions of Websites are well thought out, well designed, and give you exactly what you want to see when you're on the go. They’re designed for a smaller screen, and just because you can see the full Website, doesn't mean you always want to. If you do want to book a flight or look up where the lounge is in the airport, you need the full airline site. But if you're flying with Delta, being able to check in and see the flight status is what you usually want and the mobile site gives you just that.
Most mobile browsers give you no choice, or rather the sites you visit don't give you a choice. When they see a mobile browser, the sites redirect you to their mobile version. That doesn't happen with Skyfire, because it reports itself as a desktop browser based on Gecko, so you get the full site. If you’re going to want to use mobile sites frequently, keep the option to get a hint when there’s a mobile version of the site you're visiting and Skyfire will put a link in a small infobar at the top of the page. If the infobar gets in the way, you can turn it off from Settings.
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Now, if only they would release an iPhone app for this...
I'm not much for windows mobile after I used the BlackJack. It tends to slowly turn to crap as time progresses. It would be really nice to see this technology on a phone that's already championed as the best phone ever (generally).
This browser looks great and does great, except for smth. that is important for a phone like mine (Nokia E51) with a smaller screen: it cannot rotate the page which is annoying esp. when watching video...
somehow i cant see a third-party app beating a native browser, then again we have firefox....
@pocketdrummer; Skyfire can't produce a version for iPhone (keen as the team would be to do it) as Apple doesn't allow other browsers on the iPhone.
@pocketdrummer; Skyfire can't produce a version for iPhone (keen as the team would be to do it) as Apple doesn't allow other browsers on the iPhone.
there are alternatives im sure of it but there more based on the integrated safari?
I wonder how skyfire stacks up against bolt? It would be nice if this worked on my 8230...
Now, if only they would release an iPhone app for this...I'm not much for windows mobile after I used the BlackJack. It tends to slowly turn to crap as time progresses. It would be really nice to see this technology on a phone that's already championed as the best phone ever (generally).
Sorry to hear of your WinMo experience. I have the 2yr old Tilt on AT&T and haven't looked back since. Had to replace only once after having dropped it...Oop's! Waiting till my November date to get my discounted TP2. Of course my WinMo is XDA hacked running SPB Shell 3.0