I’ve been watching Skyfire quite closely over the last few months. Since purchasing my current phone (MDA compact 4/HTC Diamond) I have been looking for an alternative browser to the pre installed Opera 9. ALthough this is a great browser and works really well with the touch interface, it does not support flash/Ajax elements yet (as it is in beta).
Enter Skyfire…”a free, downloadable mobile web browser that allows you to experience the internet on your phone exactly like on your PC. Now, you can use the full web from your mobile phone with unprecedented speed and simplicity”. When I initially installed skyfire, there was only support for US and canada customers. It also didn’t support my device and so didnt work at all. Today I receieved an email from Skyfire to say that UK support was now available and the most recent version of the beta also suported my device…WHOO!
Initial impressions are mixed however…it does support all the flash/ajax stuff and youtube/iplayer etc. work quite well but the user interface is nowhere near as polished as operas. It is still in beta however so I’m going to watch this space.