Symbian S60 app review - Skyfire (beta)

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The folks at Skyfire aren't playing around. I had an understanding of their objectives a couple of months ago, but I am impressed with the results they've produced - it turned out better than I had expected. The browser is not exclusive to Symbian devices. Visit skyfire.com with your phone to see if it's compatible.

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Posted Thursday, February 19, 2009 by John Walton - Cell phone editor

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John Walton @ Feb 25 1:24 AM

I don't have time for a video on this, but here is a step-by-step tutorial for fixing the N96 networking problem that I had: No Gateway Reply Fix. It consists of setting up a static IP and shutting off a power saving feature. The N96 doesn't do well with DHCP.

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josemedina1983 @ Feb 21 3:46 AM

The main thing about skyfire supports flash files more than youtube videos. like hulu and streams videos just like a desktop etc etc. something alot of phones doesnt support. iphone and g1 fans are anxious to get for sometime now. s60 browser its some what slow even on wifi to render the page so fast like the skyfire app. i hope you do more s60 videos thanks

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Rebecca Atwood @ Feb 19 1:28 PM

Hey John, thanks for the video. Can you provide more insight for our visitors as to why they would want to have skyfire added to their device and how skyfire services will make their mobile experience better? Thanks radog

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John Walton @ Feb 19 3:35 PM

Sure. :0)

What's cool about skyfire is that it brings flash and all kinds of smartphone browsing features to non-smartphones. That's real, *full* HTML - i.e., the "desktop Internet."

What you see in the video may not be too impressive if you are used to an iPhone, G1, Touch Diamond, etc. But if you are used to running a budget device, the experience is either alien to you, or something you have envied your friends for.

If I sound surprised by the Yahoo video page, it's because I was. Several companies have been working to bring the real web to feature phones, but it looks like skyfire won the race. I had problems running it a few months ago, but with each beta build, we're seeing significant improvement.

This one will be a force to recon with.