Skyfire 0.8 available

Skyfire 0.8 available. Skyfire announced that they are opening up registration of their free browser to all. In addition, the Mountain View based company is announcing the .8 version of their revolutionary product for Windows Mobile. The new version of Skyfire adds even more speed and ease to browsing the Internet from a mobile device. Users can now find content more quickly with Super Bar, and can now easily share that content with anyone in their address book.

Super Bar makes it easier to find what you’re looking for, by combining URL and search entry in one bar. It also features auto complete, so you can find what you’re looking for by only typing a few letters. With Share Content, Skyfire now lets you easily share your favorite web content with others. You can send any web page via text message to anyone in your address book or beyond.

In addition to known bug fixes and general performance gains, the 0.8 version of Skyfire for Windows Mobile also adds the following functionality:
+ Better video quality
+ Ability to make Skyfire the default browser
+ Faster launch and auto-reconnect
+ Improved zooming
+ Ability to download content
+ In-line text entry

You can download Skyfire 0.8. It's for Windows Mobile Standard (non-touchscreen) as well as Windows Mobile Professional (touchscreen) versions. Skyfire, which supports all Web 2.0 standards like Ajax and full Flash, is also available in version 0.6 on the Symbian S60 platform. The 0.8 version will be released for Symbian shortly.