Skyfire - You need to try it
A month ago, Chris posted that Skyfire (was) Open to Everyone but it had a short window of opportunity but NOW it is open again for everyone. If you have not tried Skyfire yet, you need to do so. Simply put, it is an amazing experience. I was fortunate to get in on the early beta program in the beginning of the year and have been truly amazed with the experience. Now you too can try it because Skyfire is giving Windows Mobile smartphone users everywhere an opportunity to take the latest beta version and test it out.
Skyfire is free and it will allow you to experience the internet like you do on your PC. Imagine, you can have the same experience on your mobile phone that you have at home … how cool is that? It’s “The Web”, not some mobile web.
The 0.8 beta of Skyfire is now available for smartphones running Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0 and you folks that run Symbian don’t worry, your version for Series 60 phones is coming very soon!
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Open to everyone…in the United States.
It is not available to anyone without a US phone number, and when asked when it would be available in some other small backwater corners of the planet, like say, Europe or Asia, a spokesman for Skyfire said “Soon”.
It is pretty nice. I just reinstalled it last night. For some sites, I like Opera Mini more - it certainly zooms and pans better than Skyfire does (the fuzzy getting sharper stuff drives me nuts, actually.) But Skyfire seems to support Web 2.0 sites better, at least to me, anyway.
I have had skyfire for about 2 months. Can someone show me how to update it? I am on version0.6 but version 0.8 is out now.
Well, they sent me a text with a link to the new beta, but I had lost my password, so I went to http://www.skyfire.com/ , reset my password, and after logging in with my account there was a link to either download the app to my PC or to send an SMS message with a link to the mobile download.
I tried installing it on my Ipaq 210 and it wouldn’t even start. Back to opera!
I never received an SMS. It’s possible Sprint is blocking the SMS text, and I don’t know what to do about that. They give no alternative to the SMS method at all.
@frankenbike, as I mentioned a couple of posts ago, there is an alternative; if you log in to your account on a desktop browser you can download the .CAB file for your platform to your PC.
If you don’t get your text, the registration page said you could also go to http://www.skyfire.com/support/resend.
I thought that Skyfire was limited to touchscreen devices, but they show the Motorola Q9, so I’m going to check it out.
Steve
Interstingly, I was a member of the private beta too and had no issues with 0.6 on BlackJack II smartphone, but I installed the new 0.8 on the E-Ten V900 I am testing and it only displays on half the screen. Anyone else have issues similar on touchscreen device?
I tried to log in. But I don’t have an “account”. I got their email, I finally got my text messages unblocked. When I had them resend, got the TM and followed the link, all I got was a page that said I was in the queue for “beta 1″.
I hadn’t registered before, so maybe my experience is different, but I registered, got the text and downloaded.
The first time I downloaded, I tried to save to my storage card, but didn’t get the full file; it said that Skyfire installed, but there was no icon in my Start menu.
So I went back to the text, downloaded again, this time to my device. I got a larger file and the installation to my storage card worked fine.
I just played with Skyfire for a bit on a couple of sites (like IMDB), so I haven’t formed too much of an opinion yet.
Steve
working like a charm for me on my cingular era blackjack with winmo 6.0. registration was fast and easy, and i’m not the best at these cabs and things. it’s kind of cool, though on a nontouch device it can be a little slow navigating. handling web 2.0 site really well. not sure what it does to battery life yet.
I installed Skyfire on my Ipaq 910, and it just would not respond. From the time that I installed it to the time I uninstalled it was about 30 minutes.
hi,I have a problem with skyfire I download the software but they ask me for the password I use the correct password and my email but still said the password or the email is not correct ,what can I do?
You’re not in ALT or CAPS mode, are you, Fily? Most of these things are case-sensitive.
Steve
Try it again. This happens to me occasionally, too. It seems to fix itself after a while.
They definitely need to fix this, though.
OK - this wasn’t working on Monday for me. Now it seems to be working again… I guess that’s why it’s called BETA software. :-)
hi,I have a problem with skyfire I download the software but they ask me for the password can any one give me the password and username and send me to my mail is mohand.hatem@yahoo.com please.
I’m not sure why you need somebody else’s password, mohand. I didn’t have one, but was told to create one at some point in the download/registration process.
Steve
P.S. Posting your E-mail address in plain text is a good way to get more spam. ;)
CHECK THAT OUT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGdR5_ceALk&eurl=http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit2
I have succesfully hacked skyfire well not exactly hacked. It is quite simple actiolly. All you need is an us mobile phone number and an e-mail you don’t need the sms the number is the pass. I will post a program that gives you those directly.
O and I am writing from skyfire. It is realy nice. How i figured that out siple this was only for americans. This means that it is something stupid. Then it hit me that the number must be the password. It took me 5 mins to get a random us mobile phone number to use and you have it.
HOW TO GET IT:
I. register at:
http://www.skyfire.com/register
(be careful what you select choose your device!!!)
If there is an error message saying that the number is already used get another one. I suggest that you use phone numbers from the bottom of the page or not from the first pages, because the ones on the first pages might be used by others like you.
II. You will need an us mobile phone number:
http://find.person.superpages.com/
OR:
http://www.mobilephoneno.com/ - easier that the one in the video.
?!?!GET A SURNAME AT:
http://genealogy.about.com/library/we…
III. Valid e-mail adres to use. Once you registered at skyfire open your e-mail and click on download to PC enter the phone numbers witout the “-” for instance if the nuber is 123-456-7890 than your password is 1234567890.
IV. Install it on your device and enter the e-mail addres and the password. There you go enjoy it
I have preloaded everything to save time.
THIS VIDEO IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY
thank you i do this and i registered and i downlode the programe but no work with me my devise hp ipaq2490b can you help