SkyFire 2.2 Browser for Android

The browser market is getting competitive day by day and new operators are entering it. The SkyFire is one famous mobile phone browser specially designed for Google Android powered phones. SkyFire has just released its latest version SkyFire 2.2.0.18794 for Android Phones. The new SkyFire 2.2 browser brings a lot of new features and hence it makes your overall browsing experience a lot better then its predecessor. Here are details

New Features of SkyFire 2.2 Browser for Android

* GeoLocation Support. Skyfire now supports the HTML5 GeoLocation feature. Thus, for example, Google and other web pages that use the location feature will be fully working.

* Vertical Search Results. When searching with Skyfire several result options are available, such as Google, Videos, Trends, Twitter and Amazon. We will add more providers from time to time, so send us feedback.

* Set as Default Browser. For Android 1.5 to 2.1 Skyfire supports setting the default browser option within Skyfire. Unfortunately, Android 2.2 does not provide that option.

Beside the new features as shared above, the SkyFire 2.2 also brings a lot of improvements from its previous version. The key enhancements from its previous version are as following:

Key Enhancements from Previous Version

* Android 2.2 / FroYo enhancements: Fixed some cosmetic and crash related issues that were FroYo specific.

* Flash 10.1 related enhancements: Addressed UI overlap and background audio issues with Flash. We recommend that users change the Plug-in setting to “On Demand” under the Browser Settings tab for snappier browsing experience.

* Updated Video startup behavior: We optimized the video start sequence to clearly differentiate between pre-loading and buffering.

* Disable standard Zoom buttons: we reintroduced this feature (was missing in Skyfire 2.1). Thus you can remove the +/- zoom buttons if they are not wanted.

* Improved Pinch to zoom for HTC devices (Evo, Incredible etc). We found a way to reduce the page shifting behavior after pinching that was systemic to some HTC devices.

* Fixed some crash and force close related issues that we found.

I am sure you will give it a try and let us know your own experience of this new version of SkyFire browser. One major issue that we would share with you is Skyfire 2.2 does not support Hulu since it does not offer support for contents and hence blocks it.