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Skyfire announces its intention to follow Opera Mini on Apple iPhone devices; will bring Flash and Silverlight support?
Skyfire, bolstered by the approval of Opera Mini on the iPhone App Store yesterday, is now looking to bring its super-powered web browser to the 'iDevices'. Under the ingratiating veil of congratulating both Apple and Opera for their good work, Skyfire's CEO Jeff Glueck isrubbing his hands with delight: you see, Skyfire, unlike Opera Mini, also supports Flash and Silverlight.
Skyfire is one of those 'hidden gems' of mobile computing. If you've tried Opera Mini, you should definitely give Skyfire a go -- it uses the same kind of server-side trickery to bring you decent browsing speeds on low-powered mobile devices.
Of course, Flash and Silverlight playback are the real feathers in its cap. Right now it's only available on Windows Mobile and Nokia phones, but as Brad reported, it should be coming to Android soon.
If Skyfire makes it to the iPhone (and iPad!), we'll see just how lenient Apple is when it comes to creative circumvention of its stringent, for-the-good-of-the-consumer rules.
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Subscribe to commentschuckApr 14th 2010 10:20AM
I sent Skyfiree 10 emails after Opera was approved. I hope they are too.
AemonyApr 14th 2010 10:51AM
Even if they aren't approved I'd at least want them to release their then finished web browser unto jailbroken devices.
KrazyCalvinApr 14th 2010 11:47AM
Odd... i installed this on my tmo htc hd 2 and now the screen wont light up... i had to hard reset it by taking the battery out.
KrazyCalvinApr 14th 2010 11:56AM
nevermind... there it goes... hate that it doesnt autorotate, but ... trying netflix now! Well when i tried all i get is a silverlight message talking about storage errors. lame.
DrekeApr 14th 2010 11:53AM
Skyfire is a bit overhyped.
Videos are like slideshows, and the UI is clunky. Zooming and panning is slow and jerky.
They need to fix their basic browsing capabilities before porting it to yet another platform.
Sebastian AnthonyApr 14th 2010 11:58AM
It probably varies a lot from device to device! Can't have it all, I guess :)
hallyballyboApr 14th 2010 1:50PM
I really hope this doesn't happen. Can't people see killing flash is a temporary pain, in the aim of a greater good.
The greater good.
Greater.
Good.
hmmApr 17th 2010 12:19AM
Mouse hover won't work on mobiles anyway, there's hardly any point other than to see ads.
benApr 14th 2010 2:03PM
As long as it doesn't do any code execution on client side, they should have no trouble getting on the App Store.