Skyfire Mobile Browser Review (video)

As some of you know, I have a Samsung ACE mobile device which runs on the super fast EVDO from Sprint. Before I continue, let me just say how sorry I am that those of you with the iPhone 3G are having trouble. The ACE uses Windows Mobile OS and comes pre-installed with the IE mobile browser. This is a complete piece of crap – Microsoft should be ashamed to have included this with the mobile OS (which overall has been pretty good).

I spent $25 for the Opera Mobile browser a couple of months ago and love it. It has allowed me to write posts on CN from anywhere and since I have an actual keyboard, it’s easy. The one thing the browser lacks is Flash accessibility.

This weekend I have been playing with a new mobile browser from Skyfire. The Skyfire browser opened in beta earlier this year and it’s REALLY slick. It can do practically anything a desktop browser can do. And frankly the speed is the fastest I’ve seen so far. And just last week they announced Microsoft Silverlight support.

Skyfire recognized that I don’t have a touchscreen and installed the appropriate version. If you have a touchscreen, you get a mac-style menu on the top.

Here’s my short video demo of the Skyfire browser in action: