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Skyfire updates Android web browser with eight new features

By | April 26, 2011, 12:11am PDT

Summary: Skyfire for Android 4.0 was released yesterday and brings eight new features to a powerful browser, including increased social networking options.

There are a large number of web browsers for Android smartphones (stay tuned for my showdown article) and one of the earlier ones just saw a huge update yesterday. Skyfire for Android was updated to version 4.0 and has a ton of functionality and social networking integration, including a new slick scrollable bottom toolbar.

As you can read in the full press release version 4.0 includes eight new features in a customizable scolling SkyBar, including:

  • Twitter
  • Groupon
  • Share
  • Google Reader
  • Sports
  • News
  • Finances
  • Settings

SkyFire Video also moves to a freemium service available for a $2.99 one time fee. This is available as an in-app purchase after a free three day trial. Verizon Android owners who download this new version soon will also get the video optimization feature for free. The three million beta testers who have used this version also get the video optimization feature for free .

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Matthew is a professional naval architect by day and a mobile gadget freak at all other times. He purchases his own devices and then sells them on eBay or Craigslist to buy more. Many other devices are sent for review on a 30-day loaner basis and then returned to the carrier or manufacturer. If any are provided as “long term loaner units” this will be clearly disclosed in his reviews.

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Matthew Miller started using a mobile devices in 1997 and has been writing news, reviews, and opinion pieces ever since. He is a co-host with GigaOM's Kevin Tofel on the MobileTechRoundup podcast and an author of three Wiley Companion series books. Matthew started using mobile devices with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 125 different devices running Palm, Linux, Symbian, Newton, BlackBerry, iOS, Android, webOS, Windows Mobile, and Windows Phone operating systems. His current collection includes an HTC Radar 4G, Dell Venue Pro, Apple iPad 2, HTC Flyer, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Nokia N9, Apple iPhone 4S, MacBook Pro, and many more, along with tons of accessories and classic devices like the Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 and Sony CLIE UX50. Matthew can be found on various discussion forums under the user name of "palmsolo".
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The new addition of intigrated "social: garbage is the reason i have uninstalled skyfire. The scrolling social bar is crap and annoying. i may reinstall an older version but social networking is for kids and dummies who do not value thier privacy or saftey.
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have you not been reading the news? if you own a smart phone, you have no privacy. "They" already know where you are at all times, you might as well have fun while "they" are at it. If you are not cheating on your spouse, robbing banks/stores, stealing cars or committing fraud, I would say you are safe until the debt collectors learn to use your phone's geo-locator "features" to walk up to you and hand you a subpoena or other legal document.
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2.99? NOT WORTH IT
mrush231 26th Apr 2011
All I see is a couple new buttons on the tool bar. Not paying anything for that. Android browser market is very competitive. You gota do better than that if Youre expecting people to pay for your product.
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