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Skyfire 2.1 faster than Flash 10.1 on Android, 500,000 users

Jun 23, 2010 9:55AM PDT

Dear Buzz Gang and Crew,
A browser for Android called Skyfire has made some interesting progress in recent weeks. This new browser is faster and more efficient in battery use on the Android phones than Adobe's Flash 10.1 implementation when it comes to video delivery. They way Skyfire does this is by converting Flash video into HTML5 video. Currently, Skyfire has some 500,000 Android users and growing quickly.

Hey Adobe, nice try....but how about trying that again?

Later people.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365601,00.asp
http://pocketnow.com/software-1/skyfire-21-for-android-now-available
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/06/23/skyfire.v21.browser.now.out.for.android.devices/

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yea except that it doesnt work...
Jun 23, 2010 11:44AM PDT

lol. i tried it and its nice. certainly the button that fools websites into thinking you are on a desktop is INVALUABLE, however, it didn't display all the flash content i wanted it to.

most notably, Hulu is blocked. now, hulu SPECIFICALLY BLOCKED skyfire, so its technically possible, but its blocked right now.

also, i tried to stream bol over skyfire also with no luck...

ill keep playing with it, but without hulu, the default android browser handles flash prettyy well even with flash light...

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The Hulu problem should be easy...
Jun 24, 2010 10:35PM PDT

I've already seen browsers that let you assign the "User Agent" to fool Hulu, et. al., into thinking that you're surfing from a "Desktop". Shouldn't be hard to implement.

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yea skyfire does this, but its STILL blocked...
Jun 26, 2010 9:08AM PDT

i dunno they can still identify what browser you are on maybe? if they could just fool hulu about that too then youd be fine...

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Jul 4, 2010 8:08PM PDT

Unfortunately, sites like Hulu can also identify the version of Flash you're using, and on what platform. There's an indicator in the Android version of Flash that allows Hulu to block access; some guys over at XDA have found a way around it, but it's a long way from practical.

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(NT) oh ok! sweet, thanks!
Jul 6, 2010 1:59PM PDT
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Thanks
Jul 11, 2010 11:55PM PDT

Thanks for the review. It sure help me a lot! Happy

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Thanks
Jul 26, 2010 3:10PM PDT

Thanks for the post. I tried it. It is good.