Thread: Anyone looking forward to Skyfire?

Who's looking forward for the release of that one for the BlackBerry?! Bolt is just horrible IMO, and so is the native browser.

I read the right up on this when it was in its first beta. I will be looking forward to its release and will give it a try.

Originally Posted by ausch

Who's looking forward for the release of that one for the BlackBerry?! Bolt is just horrible IMO, and so is the native browser.

I am with you Ausch I absolutely hate bolt super slow and not user friendly IMHO. Opera is ok but not good enough for me lol. I am waiting on the edge for this one :bigeyes:

Oh man Skyfire is awesome. I had a Nokia E71 with Skyfire and that browser is insane. I cannot wait. Any eta on a release for the Storm?

Wirelessly posted (Bold 9000 )

Any info yet, J, still in private beta, last I heard is that will be for summer...

I hope its soon! Def gonna use this on the Tour more then I would on the Storm

Originally Posted by Bryan

I am with you Ausch I absolutely hate bolt super slow and not user friendly IMHO. Opera is ok but not good enough for me lol. I am waiting on the edge for this one :bigeyes:

Oh it's horrible! It doesn't even tell you how the spell a word right in google, it'll try to select everything beside the stuff you want. The mouse will just skip places. Very bad! But I do gotta say, it does load some sites up in a reasonable amount of time.

Originally Posted by ealvnv

Wirelessly posted (Bold 9000 )

Any info yet, J, still in private beta, last I heard is that will be for summer...

That's what I've heard also. I'm surprised no sort of beta of it has leaked.

Originally Posted by ausch

Bolt is just horrible IMO.

Originally Posted by Bryan

I absolutely hate bolt super slow and not user friendly IMHO. Opera is ok but not good enough for me lol.

Finally other people that actually think Bolt is the crappiest browser ever. I seriously cannot understand why anyone would use it.

Skyfire looks absolutely slick! Let's hope it is very responsive and not slow.

Originally Posted by sunkast

Finally other people that actually think Bolt is the crappiest browser ever. I seriously cannot understand why anyone would use it.

Skyfire looks absolutely slick! Let's hope it is very responsive and not slow.

I agree Bolt sucks. Opera is dealable, BB broswer is whatever. On the Nokia, at least, Skyfire was really fast. Hopefully that trend continues for BB's

Wirelessly posted

Yes bb browser is not good. I can't wait to try skyfire. I have heard a lot of good things about it.

I heard rumors when this was in alpha testing that we might get flash support with this browser (or have I bumped my head?). I may have my rumors mixed up considering the 10 billion tweets I get per day :crazy: Either way, Bolt sux, Opera Mini is ho-hum, and the BB browser was originally used on the Titanic. Soooo I'm looking forward to it to answer your question :deal:

Originally Posted by sunkast

Finally other people that actually think Bolt is the crappiest browser ever. I seriously cannot understand why anyone would use it.

Skyfire looks absolutely slick! Let's hope it is very responsive and not slow.

No argument here. Bolt was like using dial up on a 33k modem :angryfire:

Originally Posted by Bryan

No argument here. Bolt was like using dial up on a 33k modem :angryfire:

Give me back my modem then. If you didn't like it then all you had to do was say so Bryan....Oh today is Monday...Pick on Bryan day is over....

Have a good one....
I've never used any other browser than BB Browser....Sounds like I wasn't missing anything.

Originally Posted by MePascal

Give me back my modem then. If you didn't like it then all you had to do was say so Bryan....Oh today is Monday...Pick on Bryan day is over....

Have a good one....
I've never used any other browser than BB Browser....Sounds like I wasn't missing anything.

Damn right it is over :angryfire:

Opera is sure nice but yeah you weren't' missing anything with Bolt.

Not really a scientific study but I loaded up there different websites with Opera and Bolt and here was the time it took to fully load (in seconds):

Opera Bolt
NyTimes 7 15
MSN 4 10
PCMag 9 9

Originally Posted by jlevy73

Not really a scientific study but I loaded up there different websites with Opera and Bolt and here was the time it took to fully load (in seconds):

Opera Bolt
NyTimes 7 15
MSN 4 10
PCMag 9 9

I heard its only coming out for the Bold and curve. So Storm users like myself will be stuck in compatibility mode.

I heard its only coming out for the Bold and curve. So Storm users like myself will be stuck in compatibility mode.

Originally Posted by terribL_T

I heard its only coming out for the Bold and curve. So Storm users like myself will be stuck in compatibility mode.

that would really suck. Hopefully it will be coming to the Tour as well.

People often ask, will Skyfire run on my...

• Android G1: An important platform that we are keeping our eye on.
• Apple iPhone: Nope. Still waiting for a call from Steve...
• Blackberry: We’ve launched our closed private alpha, and will announce our public beta this summer.
• Palm OS phone: Palm OS phones are not supported, but Windows Mobile phones offered by Palm, such as certain Treo or the Palm Pro models, are fully supported.
• Palm Pre: This phone is not even out yet, but we are eager to get our hands on it.
• Samsung Instinct: This phone is not a Windows Mobile device and will not run Skyfire.
• Other Symbian phones:We are concentrating on the Symbian S60 (3rd edition) phones. We have no plans to support Symbian S40 or S60 (2nd edition), or UIQ phones anytime soon.
• Mobile and feature phones:Skyfire will not run on standard mobile or feature phones such as the Motorola Razr, Samsung Glyde and other lower-end devices.