Skyfire opens private beta to public through August 30th
Posted on 21 August 2008, at 10:35 pm, by Wayne Schulz
Skyfire is a free downloadable replacement web browser currently (in beta testing) for both Symbian and Windows Mobile (standard and professional) which promises a true desktop experience on your handheld. Support for both Flash and Microsoft Silverlight is included which means the browser can stream the Olympics video feed from NBC’s online site.
On the eve of the Olympics, we added Silverlight support to Skyfire, meaning that Skyfire users can watch any ofthe 2200+ hours of Olympics coverage provided by NBC on their mobile phones. To celebrate Michael Phelps’s monumental accomplishment of winning 8 Gold metals in a single Olympic games, today we have released a special code “Michael8” which will give new users access to Skyfire and the games (and the full PC web). Spread the code “Michael8” to your friends and let them part take in these historic games on the go.
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August 22nd, 2008 at 7:36 am
Of course, it’s important to note that Skyfire isn’t really a browser – it’s more of a screen-scraper tied to a server-based browser/proxy. That’s how they’re able to deliver Flash and Silverlight – they’re not trying to actually run it on your device.
Personally, I’m not fond of this type of solution because your personal information is recorded and cached on their servers in order to make this work. Not to mention it ultimately requres some kind of a subscription.