App of the Week: Skyfire Loads Flash in a Flash

"Smartphones have become the browser battleground that the computer once was, and my hands-down favorite is Skyfire..."

"Compare it to your phone's built-in browser, or even the popular Opera browser, and you'll instantly see the difference."

This week I am going all '90s on App of the Week and recommending a browser.

Smartphones have become the browser battleground that the computer once was, and my hands-down favorite is Skyfire, a browser that is still in beta, but works on Windows and Symbian phones.

The main reason I like it is that it does one thing I haven't seen any other phone browser do: it runs Flash video. Any Flash video. It opens sites I couldn't access before.

Perhaps a better reason is its speed. Compare it to your phone's built-in browser, or even the popular Opera browser, and you'll instantly see the difference.

Finally, although I often find predictive typing bothersome, Skyfire quickly honed in on what I was searching for.

There were some glitches. Although it will work on any Windows 5.6 or 6.1 phone or most Nokia N and E series Symbian OS phones, it is most suitable for smartphones. On the Pantech Matrix Pro, a dual slider, Web-enabled phone that isn't quite smart, I had some problems navigating to and around the Skyfire screen.

The speed may be a fair tradeoff for the few stumbles. And you can't complain about the price. Skyfire, you had me at flash,--fast--and---free.

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