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Monday, August 10, 2009
Software

The Month In Windows Mobile Apps: Fancy Browsing, VoIP Magic, And An App Store

6:00AM John Herrman | You name it, we’ve got it: Sexy search tools! Google Voice! Upstart app stores! Maps, with stuff on them! Radio! Emulators, from the future! Fresh new browsers! It’s all in a day’s month’s work for Windows Mobile. More »
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Software

Skyfire For BlackBerry Hits Beta

1:10AM Matt Buchanan | The Javascript performance of BlackBerry’s browser is atrocious, so thank Jebus for Skyfire—it’s just hit beta for BlackBerry, with keyboard shortcuts, contextual zooming, and bugfixes galore. They’re still having overcapacity problems, so skip for mission critical browsing. [Crackberry] More »
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Monday, June 8, 2009
Software

Opera Mobile 9.7 Beta Now Live for Windows Mobile Phones

8:59PM John Herrman | Whoa, hey, Opera has just posted download links for the beta release of Opera Mobile 9.7, the server-side accelerated, Flash-friendly update to their flagship mobile browser. Let’s see how it is, shall we? More »
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Software

Skyfire Leaves Beta, Steals Windows Mobile Browsing Crown

11:00PM John Herrman | Skyfire, the server-compressed mobile browser that promises “the full web,” i.e. Flash support, on Windows Mobile and Symbian phones, has graduated from its excruciatingly long testing period. In a word, it’s great.
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Software

Skyfire Coming to BlackBerry, Bringing Full Flash Support

9:50PM John Herrman | Joining the distinguished ranks of Opera Mini and Bolt, Skyfire looks like it’ll be coming to BlackBerrys fairly soon. That means they’ll get Skyfire’s desktop-grade rendering, server-side compression, and optimised Flash—including support for the likes of Hulu and Vimeo. BGR’s leakster has already breathlessly reported that it’s the “best BlackBerry browser ever”, which frankly isn’t that hard to believe. Full gallery at the source. [BGR] More »
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Software

Skyfire Windows Mobile Browser 0.8 Beta Now Open

4:30AM Sean Fallon | If you have been waiting patiently to try out the Skyfire browser for Windows Mobile, now is your chance. The developers have opened up the 0.8 beta to anyone with a Windows Mobile or Nokia N or E Series (3rd edition) phone in the US. Hit the following link to sign up. [Skyfire] More »
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Software

Skyfire Windows Mobile Browser 0.8 Improves Video Quality, Speed and Text Entry

5:40AM Jason Chen | Skyfire, the third-party Windows Mobile browser that does much of the desktop-class page rendering server side to spit out to your phone, has just gotten an upgrade to version 0.8. Among the list of features that get bumped or added are video quality, launch speed and auto-reconnect, zooming, downloading of content and in-line text entry. More »
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