Skyfire is a great little browser, and comes with a load of features that almost makes it worth it, but I still feel the price is a little too much for a browser, after all, Safari and Opera are free. I did notice there was some loss of audio, but it also could be due to the video and the iPhone 4's speakers. Skyfire does a great job on notifying you of the ready content on each page, as you'll notice in the video below. I'm sure over time the streaming will improve and get faster, but some short two minute videos took up to 30 seconds to load. I couldn't get a very accurate reading on the converting and streaming video content, because the servers were flooded today, even forcing the developer to pull the app off the App Store, because it was too popular. So how exactly does it stack up? Well, Skyfire does a great job on the streaming video and bringing Flash to iOS, but it is something that should have been here in the first place. This is the feature why everyone is downloading Skyfire, to browse Adobe Flash on your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The quick Facebook button opens up over your existing page and is the mobile version of the website you would normally have on. Skyfire comes with a quick Facebook view button, so you can open up Facebook over any page and see if there is anything new happening on your feed. The search feature on Skyfire has some pre-set searches, one for Google web results, another for video and Wikipedia, where you can quickly and easily find pages on the site. All desktop browsers have them, but why not mobile? Skyfire includes the option to set a custom URL as the default start page, blank or the Skyfire home page. If you've ever wondered what Safari is missing, it's default start pages. ![]() Skyfire has a built-in view to clear history, cookies, cache and even logout of the Facebook view, something you would have to go through Settings on the iPhone for Safari. This feature might be useful if some pages force you to visit the mobile site when you really need the desktop version. You can have your browser set on desktop view, tricking web pages into thinking your browsing on a desktop browser. Second new feature is the easy to toggle iPhone and desktop view. Skyfire includes some nice features like the favicon, which actually makes the boring address bar a little more interesting. However, not every search you perform requires a video, image or tweet, which makes this feature somewhat pointless for a lot of searches. The 'all' tab takes the top search and includes it in an easy to browse view. By clicking the little wavey icon on the bottom, you can search for terms, such as Neowin, which returns results for videos, trends, tweets and images. Skyfire comes with a couple of new features that other browsers don't have. There is one small complaint, and that is I wish the browsers toolbar at the bottom was customizable, as I'm used to using Safari on the iPhone, and having my bookmarks, add to bookmarks and multiple pages all mixed up makes it a little harder to get used to. Comparing Skyfire to Opera and Safari, I have to say Skyfire is easier to use and looks better than both Opera and Safari. ![]() It took me very little time to find all the settings I needed and make my way through pages. Browsing through webpages, searches or even adjust settings is very simple on this browser.
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