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skyfire browser

Hands-on With Windows Mobile Skyfire Browser Beta 0.6

Skyfire just got its 0.6 update, bring with it a few more features (listed after the jump) and a bit of compatibility increase that makes it feel more like a real browser than it was even when we saw it at CTIA. The overall idea is the same: Skyfire servers render pages into image form, which then makes it onto your Windows Mobile phone over an internet connection. On our Sprint HTC Mogul, Gizmodo loaded pretty damn fast over EV-DO, and features like Flash actually seemed to work well. More »

3:30 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Jason Chen
9,495 views, 30 comments

Latest by Thrillcekr: Thank God it's not Safari. Haven't used Skyfire but I couldn't imagine anything being as bad as Safari. Microsoft and Apple should probably both get out of the browser market and leave that to somebody else that has more »

humor

Indian Firefox Bus Probably Doesn't Have Wi-Fi

In what appears to be the endless spread of Firefox, a new addition to the unofficial Firefox catalog has been spotted—in India. On the back of a bus. We're guessing the bus doesn't have on board Wi-Fi to make use of its web browser of choice, but we admire the support. Also, if that text in yellow above the artwork doesn't read "Safari and IE blow", well, then we'll eat our cats...I'm seriously mixing up my modern proverbs this weekend. Dammit. [Neatorama]

6:30 PM on Sun Apr 13 2008
By Haroon Malik
3,694 views, 28 comments

Latest by sameoldoctor: @globones: what? more »

cellphones

Mobile Operators Resisting Firefox on Phones

Ever since Mozilla began work on a mobile version of its Firefox browser, convincing mobile operators to allow it has been an uphill battle. Naturally, an open internet would be a great benefit to users, but the operators would lose precious revenue from content providers. They would also have to contend with the expensive problem of beefing up their 3G networks. Unfortunately, open internet access is going to be a battleground for mobile operators whether they like it or not. Let's hope they can figure it out soon—Mozilla plans on dropping their mobile browser by the end of 2008.[Computer World and PC World via IntoMobile]

7:20 PM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Sean Fallon
2,821 views, 27 comments

Latest by Vagabum: @legacye: It has nothing to do with who is liable in case of malfunction or misuse. It has everything to do with their ability to control and charge for content delivery, which they cannot do if the consumer all of more »

hacks

Give WiFi Leechers Computer Rage With Executable Command Fun

WiFi leechers can be a real pain in the ass; they'd happily eat up your bandwidth even if you told them your life depended on it, which given our social existence, it pretty much does. The guys over at Ex Parrot have come up with a great plan to serve up some ice cold revenge to the culprits, which will have their browser displaying characters back-to-front, upside down or in an annoyingly blurred out fashion. You'll have to run some commands to get your pay back, but the how to makes it a cinch. Let us know if you hear any sounds of outrage from the sponging neighbors. Heh, serves them right. [Ex Parrot via Hack n Mod]

1:30 AM on Sun Feb 17 2008
By Haroon Malik
29,290 views, 78 comments

Latest by superbryant88: I used to sit in my backyard and play Mario Kart DS on my neighbors wifi lol some people are dumb they have super fast internet then let everyone use it....my buddy had some dl torrents through his lol more »

gsma 2008

Opera 9.5 Mobile Browser About to Get Commercial Release


The latest Opera Mobile Browser, version 9.5, has just been previewed in time for GSMA 2008. The new version tries to be more like a desktop browser and adds a full text history search, allowing you to find pages you forgot to bookmark previously. Flash gets a look in too, since Flash Lite 3.0 support is included. More, including the press release, below. More »

6:29 AM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By Kit Eaton
7,958 views, 12 comments

windows mobile browser

Skyfire Windows Mobile Browser is Desktop-Like, Has Flash

Windows Mobile has its share of desktop-esque browsers with the still experimental Deepfish, but this Skyfire browser seems to be better than what we've seen yet. It's desktop-class, yes, but it also has Flash, Java, and "full audio, video" support. You can see what they mean with a video demo after the jump, but the illustration above (YouTube, Google Maps) should be a pretty good indication of what you'll be able to do with a browser that doesn't suck. [SkyFire] More »

3:55 PM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Jason Chen
11,338 views, 18 comments

Latest by DanyBrancho: @Quantum Mind: Dude, Google Android! my buddy got it on his phone somehow. more »

review

Lightning Review: Zumobi Mobile Browser


The Product: The Microsoft backed Zumobi browser for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 phones consists of bite-sized web content called "tiles" (a new fangled term for "widget") that offers users a customized, shareable web browsing experience. More »

7:40 PM on Wed Jan 16 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,463 views, 11 comments

cellphones

Zumobi Browser Beta For WM5 and 6 Now Live: Content Partners Announced

The Microsoft backed Zumobi browser is now freely available to download for anyone running Windows Mobile 5 or 6 (Blackberry and selected J2ME compatibility will be coming early in the second quarter of 2008.). They have also announced content partnerships with providers such as Amazon.com, MTV Networks, The Associated Press, AccuWeather.com, Traffic.com, FlightStats.com and OTOlabs, who developed Tiles for Vail Resorts and Fox Television's "Family Guy." More »

10:20 AM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Sean Fallon
6,565 views, 15 comments

firefox

Mozilla Will Leave 80% of Firefox 3.0 Bugs Untouched Before Release

Firefox 3.0 Status meeting notes have revealed that Mozilla will leave about 8 in 10 bugs untouched before the final version is released. Instead, they have decided to devote their attention to correcting the most serious bugs in order to strike a balance between stability and the impending release schedule. [Mozilla via NYT]

8:08 PM on Thu Nov 15 2007
By Sean Fallon
5,057 views, 39 comments

cellphones

Microsoft Backed ZenZui is Now Zumobi, Announces Beta of New Mobile Browser

Our first look at Microsoft backed ZenZui came back in March when we discovered a new mobile browser that promises to make "painful loading delays a thing of the past." In a call today with the folks at ZenZui, I learned that they will now and forevermore be known as Zumobi, along with new details about the browser and information on how the general public can get involved in the beta that launches on December 14th.
More »

5:20 PM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Sean Fallon
8,204 views, 3 comments

Latest by xxenclavexx: not as snappy as I want it to be, great Idea in theory. want a faster phone b4 I use it. (using the HTC mogul) more »

gaming

Unconfirmed: Nintendo Discontinues DS Browser?

This is unconfirmed for now, but some forum poster at Neogaf claims that Nintendo is going to discontinue the DS Lite web browser. Seeing as you had to pay $29 for a web browser that wasn't even that great, we can understand why. [Amazon via Neogaf via DS Fanboy]

6:10 PM on Fri Aug 24 2007
By Jason Chen
5,975 views, 15 comments

that's a lot

Windows Safari Beta Tops 1 Million in 48 Hours

Curious Windows users wondering whether the grass is greener, or fed up IE/Firefox users looking for an out? Either way, another cold glass of ice water, indeed. – Jason Chen More »

5:15 PM on Thu Jun 14 2007
By Jason Chen
7,585 views, 69 comments

beta, beta

Safari for Windows, Bugs-a-Plenty

Now it makes sense why Apple released Safari for Windows. Steve must love his Windows security jokes so much that he decided Apple should create a browser that exploits them even more. More »

1:45 PM on Tue Jun 12 2007
By blongo3
4,165 views, 54 comments

but it looks the same

What's New in Safari?

•It's On Windows More »
all giz wants

YouTube On a Mobile Browser, Please

That new iPhone commercial brags about it having a great browser. Mactards have even speculating that the iPhone has Flash support, because the NY Times website's video player appears to load up fine. But the commercial also skips over the agonizing four-minute load time it would take to cache all those ads, images, flash movies, and did they not notice there is weird baby music playing while some disembodied voice narrates? Dropping in a fake placeholder for the video just isn't out of the question. It doesn't matter, though. More »

6:46 AM on Thu Jun 7 2007
By Brian Lam
7,018 views, 29 comments

Latest by Brian Lam: You need 3g for youtube to be anything decent. Youtube in a browser, folks, not an app. more »

cellphones

Hands-On Video With Microsoft's Deepfish Windows Mobile Browser


To say that Windows Mobile web browsers are hard to use would be tantamount to saying babies are fairly easy to beat up. Microsoft's trying to remedy this with their experimental Deepfish web browser, which tries to give you desktop-class rendering on your WM smartphone. Does it work? Well, sorta. More »

7:35 PM on Wed Apr 4 2007
By Jason Chen
7,080 views, 12 comments

macworld2007

The iPhone: Web Browser via Safari - Has Tabs

10:22: Browsing gives you the standard browser view (just like on the PC). More »
smartphones

DeepFish Browser for WinMo: Good Thing Finally Comes in Small Package?


Here's a sneak peek at DeepFish, a web browser for Windows Mobile that gives you an easy way to look at entire pages and then zoom in to individual sections. More »

9:31 AM on Fri Dec 22 2006
By Charlie White
15,387 views, 8 comments