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[General Topics] CozmicShredder:
Is this going to be a pay to use browser like thunderhawk? Because I would rather just buy it then pay a fee to use it...
[General Topics] zocster:
Go to the skyfire website, sign up with any phone number (take the whitehouse phone number under contacts :p) sign up with your REAL email, and request the activation again but this time it will send you email, populate a password then check your email download from the net instead and use your password and email to authenticate simple really!
[General Topics] Grant Barker:
Now they simply send you a link to your email and you can download it to your pc. (Now need to ask for a resend)
[General Topics] Ev0luti0n_:
Works great on my 9100! new browsing experience for me!.. :D
[General Topics] deedee:
Can't use a number more than once, no biggie, just change the last digit. Even works on USA free phone, 1-800 numbers.
[General Topics] deedee:
One observation - everything is proxied through the SkyFire server and so has a US origin, bit of a bummer if you are trying to get to BBC iPlayer TV as i was looking for the TV catch up stuff.

Oh well, have to make do with the radio. BBC Radio 7 Sci-Fi here i come.
[General Topics] bonsifunk:
hey, is it gonna work on magician (wm2003se) ?
[General Topics] deedee:
Just tried the same installer on my Alpine, WM2003, and that'll be a no then, sorry. It does say WM5 or 6 on the site.
[General Topics] IsraelHermes:
Hi, I am on the Dominican republic and i have the cap. how i did it? I just use the Phone number of my girlfriend back in Puerto Rico(US territory) but use my real e-mail address. And this was the response:

Thanks for signing up for the Skyfire Beta! We look forward to hearing about your Skyfire experience. Here are the details to confirm your beta sign up:

Email address: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.com

Phone number: 787-xxx-xxxx (just make one)

Soon, you will receive an SMS with the link to download Skyfire. If you don't receive the SMS, you can resend it at http://www.skyfire.com/users/resend

If you would rather install Skyfire via your PC, you can click the link below and ignore the SMS.

Download to PC

After you install Skyfire, please be sure to join our forums. We are anxious to get your feedback

Thanks,

Skyfire Team

www.skyfire.com

Use the Download to pc and wala It works grate in my Hermes (ATT 8525) only think i don't like so far is the zoom in/out feature.
[General Topics] Chillout:
hmm, sounds interesting... is it allowed to post the install file here?
[General Topics] cocain:
Thanks a bunch for the tip IsraelHermes, worked great here, made up a fictional number and then they gave the link to the CAB, very nice.. Thanks again!! :)
[General Topics] davcom:
Run web page from a storage card?

How do you run a web page from a storage card with the skyfire browser? What is the correct syntax? It is not the same as pocket IE or Opera. Thanks.
[General Topics] character:
help no sounds.... how do you have sounds with skyfire???
[General Topics] cagarn:
There is a setting in the browser that mutes sound. Make sure that is not enabled.
[General Topics] character:
Yeah I know that but it has no sounds coming out...:(
[General Topics] calimocho:
Hey, I have sound issues at times too.

Sometimes if I restart the browser it starts working again, but haven't found a for-sure way to get it to work again
[General Topics] arcsvibe:
My issue is with the virtual keyboard. When I go to use it, it disappears...
[General Topics] KSandbergFL:
I have the same experience... I have to keep starting up Skyfire and shutting it down, until the sound works. Once it works, it does pretty well (at least over Wifi, haven't tried to listen to music using GPRS).
[General Topics] calimocho:
I don't have wifi but it works very well over Sprint's RevA.

I also noticed if it IS going to work (the sound) a little speaker icon pops up pretty early in the page load (before the vid starts playing.) Might save u's some time waiting to see if it's going to work.
[General Topics] Ttblondey:
i don't think it support tytn2 pda's.already d/l it, try it, no sound came out
[General Topics] harrysaab:
i can't get to play videos on stagevu.com

it says divx webplayer is not installed.

anyone got work around this?

cheers.
[General Topics] stylez:
I have a Tilt and was having the same issue what i did was shut down Skyfire, reload then Menu\Actions\Mute Audio the speaker came up i clicked on it and then the Speaker shows active then load YouTube, have shut down Skyfire multiple times and it always works now. Like post above says if the Audio works you will see a speaker @ startup.
[General Topics] uhohoreojoe:
i just tried it out its really not that great the video quality and all that sucks
[General Topics] zocster:
Where are you? At my part of the globe, stated that 'your region is not supported' hence quality not great but surprised if you were in a supported region
[General Topics] josh00718:
close to final release

skyfire 0.9 now out. fixed a TON of issues with slowness and sound problems
[General Topics] jbngar:
still no flash text input. That's a killer for me... Also it would be nice to somehow integrate the touch pro zoom wheel.
[General Topics] orb3000:
Yeah to buggy. i´llstick to Opera mobile 9.5 I haven´t found anything better...
[General Topics] billu:
Why does the page rendering on Skyfire appear as if you are looking through a frosted window?:confused:
[General Topics] jbrownusn:
Why I love it...

I did this video with my mobiler so the graphics is poor but on my device it is as if im watching it on a tv. clearer than 3gp too.

anyway here is the clip
[General Topics] down8:
Over-done anti-aliasing.

-bZj
[General Topics] GameCrasher:
Skyfire too slow or too buggy?

Hi,

I'm using my mobile phone HTC HD2 since last Tuesday.

Since this Tuesday I'm searching a webbrowser which is able to play flash streams.

I used Opera 10... it didn't work

I tried Opera 9.5 with this fix of another thread... it didn't work

And 2day I tried Skyfire 1.5x and the stream beginns to load, but all sites are loading very, very slowly. The other browser are loading faster.

By the way... the stream loads, but just 47% and then it's over... :'-(

Now my question:

Is there webbrowser which is able to play flash streams?

What is the problem of Skyfire??

Regards

GameCrasher
[General Topics] don_yogesh:
I got message that the "Skyfire will not provide service in your country"... very sad.
[General Topics] Djablos:
I don't understand where i can download this browser. From official page i get redirected to http://marketplace.windowsphone.com...2ad8&retURL=/chart.aspx?chartId=100982&type=1 and there i see only technical infos but no link. WTF?
[General Topics] Lijah:
Hello Friend,

Could you or anyone tell me why Skyfire is no longer working on my HTC HD2 T-mobile windows phone. I live in america and a u.s citizen, but I still get an error message that reads the following:

"Sorry: Due to strong demand we cannot provide service at this time. Please try later. (4.3.2.1_3001)".

This is horrible can anyone help me or lead me to a mobile brower that act the same as skyfire or better.

Thanks Everyone!
[General Topics] diego1985:
I think this should help http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=830500
[General Topics] Mgog718:
Petition to bring Skyfire back to WinMo http www ipetitions.com/petition/skyfireforwinmo/
[General Topics] lhasistos:
can anyone run igo8.3 under wm 6.5 in Ipaq 64 mg If the answer is yes please tell me how

Thanks
[General Topics] Lijah:
I have learned a new update regarding skyfire. For a while skyfire would not work on my HTC HD2 Windows T-Mobile and I reside in the US; a few days ago all of a sudden it was revived. Just to be informed that as of Dec. 31, 2010 skyfire will no longer be service windows mobile and nokia. Thats sucks, is there anyway around this, do I really have to go out and buy an android just to use skyfire?
[General Topics] KSandbergFL:
Opera Mini 5 works very well, I haven't missed Skyfire much. For Youtube -- try downloading Adobe Flash Lite (v2 for WM5, v3 for WM6) and just using Windows Mobile's Internet Explorer to point to m.youtube.com. You won't get "all" videos from Youtube, but you'll get any that are Flash Lite-compatible. Works for me.
[General Topics] onlavu:
Full flash still not working (megavideo...), utube sometimes works:(
[General Topics] jgermuga:
Looks a bit like the Thunderhawk approach to caching pages on their server?

http://www.bitstream.com/wireless/products/pocketpc/index.html

I will probably wait on this and see if it pans out. Hard to say if collecting the info they describe is intended to be used to target market to you. Might just be a way to optimize what pages to cache.

Plus, doesn't Gmail do something similar? (I don't use it so I am not too familiar with their priv policy)Agreed Google has done a lot to earn our trust, but SkyFire will need to make money somehow.
[General Topics] khals:
Try zooming in on the flash object at the first page, after the intro, on Skyfire.com, where you see the Motorola phone. If they're so desperatly trying to promote their - so called browser - why is the MacOS, Safari browser shown on the phone's screen? :confused:

Am I the only one who is smelling Vapor here? :rolleyes:
[General Topics] Hax0rpunk:
I to noticed that..kinda strange if you ask me
[General Topics] Demens:
Or there might be a very good chance that they actually hired a web-designer that is not part of the company.
[General Topics] jompao:
I'm guessing a service like this where their servers are doing some of the heavy lifting will eventually be subscrition based... How else can they make some money off it and afford the datacenters...
[General Topics] E_Shinobi:
On a German page I read that they bring up the money by advertising to avoid supscriptions.
[General Topics] atomixpaintball:
Rafe Needleman from CNET has an article about this on CNETs from page...

Here is the direct link: http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9859030-2.html?tag=slide_2
[General Topics] we3zy:
We all know it is impossible to have the Browser running on Q. It was just a cheap web design, screenshot of the Safari browser and pasted onto the Q. They don't even have a UI yet to even release as a screenshot. Cheap company.
[General Topics] khals:
I'm not sure about the "Cheap company" part ;)

http://www.skyfire.com/about/press/dvc-labs070612
[General Topics] we3zy:
Let me rephrase, cheap design company.
[General Topics] pdx77:
So those videos they posted, and the reviews i've read they must of faked right? Including the public demostration they did earlier this morning at the Demo 08 confrence, that must of been faked too?
[General Topics] stpete111:
Give me a freakin' break people! The guy from the brighthand forums is clearly demonstrating it on an ATT Tilt in his review video. Enough with the idiot conspiracy theories.
[General Topics] pdx77:
Not only that, but the Skyfire was demostrating the product on a Mogul which is up on Youtube. I don't get why people are crying vaporware, do people on here honestly think a company lke this would spend the time and money to create fake videos, and pay off people to write fake reviews?

I hope that response wasn't to me as I was pointing out how dumb it sounds to say that this company doesn't even have a UI to produce screenshots yet.
[General Topics] TorxT3D:
i cant believe some of the replies im reading.
[General Topics] E_Shinobi:
People should really start to actually READ...

By "cheap design company" he ment the guys that build the FLASH object on skyfire.com

...and he is right, it is just safari screenshot copied into the flash animation...

...damn, people can be stupid....
[General Topics] E_Shinobi:
uuups... said that already
[General Topics] pdx77:
Right that I can understand, but he also said this in an earlier post:

But yes I do agree that the Safari screenshot on the Q is kind of stupid... but what he's applying is that they don't even have a product yet, that's what I was reffering to, unless I comeptly misunderstood his sense of humor which is possible.

Anyways there's no use to argue back and forth, but has anyone been lucky yet and actually get in as a beta tester?
[General Topics] bencassie:
doesnt anyone find it strange that the app in the demo video builds most of those pages faster than firefox/ie on a desktop?

i'll believe it when i see it.

ahhh - http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/skyfire_beats_the_pants_off_th.html

Server side rendering.......
[General Topics] stpete111:
I was referring to the quote "They don't even have a UI yet to even release as a screenshot."

Not sure how "stupid" you find that statement to be...
[General Topics] we3zy:
I'm implying, if you have a good product. Why would you not post a screen shot on the Q device, instead of the Safari browser. YOU ARE SELLING YOUR PRODUCT, ADVERTISE IT WITH YOURS, instead of apples.
[General Topics] pdx77:
Very good point, I'm sorry that I misunderstood you. But yeah I do agree with you on that, They do have screenshots up of the actual product but not on the front page.
[General Topics] master athlon:
I signed up for the Private Beta and hopefully I'll be able to get the beta soon, I'll keep you guys posted.
[General Topics] we3zy:
Well from the demos looks great, websites load faster than my desktop. Well here the privacy policy. I guess for the demo.

"Once you have subscribed to and begin to use the Browser, we will collect information about your use of the Browser on your Device (“Browser Usage Information”). Browser Usage Information includes such information as which websites and programs you access or download on your Device, how long you visit such websites and use such programs, your activities (such as products purchased or advertisements viewed) on such websites, which specific areas of a website or webpage you use and for how long, websites you bookmark, search terms you use, referring/exit pages, browser and platform types, the geographic location in which your Device is being used and information you provide on third party websites. All of your Browser Usage Information is stored by Skyfire under an automatically generated, random identification number (“ID Number”) that will not be associated with or linked to your Personal Information. Please be aware, though, that your Browser Usage Information, when viewed in the aggregate, may reveal your identity even if it is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information."

So would it be safe to visit sites like PayPal or personal information site?
[General Topics] Desiflare999:
lolz..umm..no..thats what that post is tryin to say..its not safe...to use too much of yer personal or financial..information..unless..proven..wrong..:D
[General Topics] jack57tin:
they say it's free, atleast for the beta on there site...fingers crossed, looks awesome
[General Topics] saquib:
Demo

Another demo (not sure if it's been posted already?):

http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2008/124750.html

Demo'ed by the CEO of Skyfire at a conference yesterday (29/01)
[General Topics] E_Shinobi:
Well, quite stupid, because it's not really the UI of skyfire they advertise with, is it?

They HAVE an UI, why don't show it but show apple software?!
[General Topics] ronniejonesjr:
A little background....

for starters that is not the safari browser on the Q. if you are all stating that it resembles it, yes it does. those bottom buttons do not exist on the iphone.

you have to keep in mind that this idea is not new. several companies have tried it and if you are using opera mini, it is the EXACT same thing. they have not figured out a way to shrink the page AND maintain flash and other complex extensions at teh same time. also if any of you are using any type of browser extension that adds another bar to ie or firefox, all of your web activity is being tracked anyway. prime examples of this are the yahoo, google, and msn bars. the videos are far from fake. if you have ever used or seen slingbox in real life, it is essentially the same concept. their servers render the page first (all of it, which seperates it from opera mini, deepfish and thunderhawk) including any flash, inline video, etc and then resixes the data to fit on a smaller screen. Imagine a a web page full of graphics that would be about 700k on your desktop. if you were able to shrink that image to render on a screen 1/5 the size then you are only looking at a page that is 140k. as all of you know, our phones are quite capable of downloading 140k in seconds. the pages don't have to be preloaded because the page is never saved to your device. if they have a couple hundred servers connected to some t3 lines constantly shrinking and sending out pages they may have a viable solution lackluster mobile browsing experience. as an iphone and tilt user this seems very apealing. their price model does seem a little interesting though. since it will be funded by ads it makes you wonder where they would be placed. my only guess is that they would be on those tabs at the top on the home page that keep track of your bookmark and history. you have to view the video on youtube to know what i am refering to. i hope that settles some of the issues spoken of above.
[General Topics] TorxT3D:
is anyone else willing to send an email or make a statement to this company that (I) am willing to pay for this solid app rather than it being for free with ads???

me personally have no problem paying for software like this as a one time, free upgrade, product. I dont wanna see anymore ads than i need to.
[General Topics] Androx:
I signed up for the beta even though I am outside the US. I just entered a bogus phone number. Does anyone think this will work??
[General Topics] stpete111:
They DO show it... on their demo video. That's what I'm trying to say here. Yes, granted, it's total cheese-factory to paste a Safari screen on their their flash demo, but again, I was speaking to the comment made that the software doesn't have a user interface, when it's clearly demonstrated on the preview video.
[General Topics] pdx77:
Well they fixed it, and they now show their browser on the Q. So no need to argue this anymore :)
[General Topics] TorxT3D:
just in case anyones missed it, heres the demo08 footage of skyfire

http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2008/124750.html

EDIT:: LMMAAAOO!! their comparison of skyfire vs, pie on a 6700, opera mini, and the iphone was friggin hilarious!
[General Topics] ilordvader:
Has anyone tryed in on the Tilt ?
[General Topics] hedgemonstahinz:
i have signed up and recieved my priority reply from skyfire this morning, i did not enter a phone number as i am in the uk. don't be so quick to flame the guys at skyfire because they may not of marketed the product to your high standards, THEY ARE LAUNCHING THE BETA, NOT THE FULL RELEASE!!!

People were too quick to moan about opera when they first heard about it, and it went on to become the best browser app!

Apple, releasing a phone? Oh, how we all laughed!!! Now its Steve Jobs pissing himself laughing.

Lets give them a chance to send out some beta codes. And as for you guys worried about the fact that they may know what site your on, or what you have typed into your search bars...... think about it, you don't honestly beleive that because your goverment has not sent you a hand written disclaimer, stating that they will never snoop into your web activities or monitor your traffic that this doesnt happen. your being monitored NOW! And have been for a while. IT HAPPENS... Trust me!

I for one think it looks impressive.

Now lets see who is gonna be the first one to flame me for pointing out the obvious!! :)
[General Topics] pdx77:
How did you recieive an invite so fast? Anyways if you get a chance do you mind doing a review of it?
[General Topics] hedgemonstahinz:
Will do! I wouldnt be to worried if you don't recieve your invite or BETA :)email return, i am almost certain there will be some CAB. files flying around shortly for you all!!!

Also, the people who were being so negative to Skyfire for showing what looks like the Apple UI or not demonstrating the product correctly, I have just seen a web advert for Sky Satelite here in the uk....... they demonstrate the ability to record two channels at once on the sky+ system.... the two channels were BBC one and channel4. Funny!
[General Topics] fb.knight:
so no one with the beta yet? i hope it comes out soon cant wait

Edit:Oh one person said they did get it my bad hope i do soon
[General Topics] pdx77:
oh I'm not worried I won't get an invite, I just can't wait to test this out. :)
[General Topics] master athlon:
but the number field is NOT mandatory, yes it says so, but i skipped it and it still let me sign up for the beta, and i even got the confirmation email.
[General Topics] E_Shinobi:
by the looks of the demo08 material youtube videos don'r run fluently. But as they said, it's celular line...

What kind of CPU has the device used to test skyfire?
[General Topics] pdx77:
I think that was the HTC Titan (aka Mogul) which has a 400MHz processor. But keep in mind that the Titan and other newer HTC phones suffer from video playback due to lack of drivers.
[General Topics] gogol:
First review of SkyFire:

http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=13761
[General Topics] Mobi95:
How can I get beta code to download Skyfire?
[General Topics] tmknight:
read the first post
[General Topics] pdx77:
Here is some more information that was posted to their blog:

Nitin Bhandari

January 31st, 2008

Thanks for the tremendous response to Skyfire. We knew you were suffering through a miserable mobile browsing experience, but based on the response, we hit quite a nerve. We look forward to getting as many people as we can into our private beta, and as soon as we can. We know you are anxiously waiting to get the full PC web experience on your phone.

On that note, we are receiving many questions about when is the beta coming and what phones do we support. I want to give you more details in this post and you can also refer to our FAQ.

We are rolling out the beta program in a measured fashion. First, we’ll support Windows Mobile phones in the U.S. Next week, we will begin to send SMS messages to people who have signed up for the beta program, and invite them to download Skyfire Beta 0.5, on a first-signed up, first-served basis. It will take some time to accommodate each and every sign up we’ve received, but rest assured our goal is to get as many beta users as we can. It’s with your help and feedback that we’ll get Skyfire to 1.0. If you have a Windows Mobile phone and a U.S. phone number, please sign up.

We have plans in place and development underway to support other phones and other geographies. After Windows Mobile, we will support the Symbian platform in the U.S. – starting with Nokia N-Series and E-series phones – and invite those peopled signed up into our beta program. To set your expectations, this could take a couple of months as we continue development and testing.

For all you Blackberry, Palm and Linux users, we hear you. Please continue to sign up, but know the wait will be longer.

For our friends in Europe and Asia, we are working as hard as we can to roll out the service internationally. Please continue to sign up, and we ask for just a little patience. We are a small team after all.

If you sent an email to info@skyfire.com or feedback@skyfire.com, please know that we’ve read each and every one of them. If you haven’t received a response already, you will shortly.

We appreciate the phenomenal interest you’ve shown and we’re working to get the product into your hands as quickly as we can.

And on a lighter note, we are proud to have received free pizzas the other night from Amici Pizzeria for being their best customer of the month. Late night pizza, after all, is the brain food for all the hard working engineers that are trying to get this amazing experience into your hands/phones.
[General Topics] khals:
Seems like someone at Skyfire heard our cries about the flash intro ;)
[General Topics] TurboX2:
so. wait.. did the beta start already, or am i just waiting for my copy??

if anyone else has a copy, would they be willing to share thier code?
[General Topics] TorxT3D:
who wants to take bets on what day it'll be released?