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We still have not gotten and invite for SkyFire beta, but that has not stopped us from doing a little more research on their new browser for Windows Mobile devices. We were able to dig up from infomration on CNET.com about how the browser works. Skyfire's secret to offering a full browser on your windows Mobile device lies in that it is really a proxy browser. What this mean is that all your web requests through skyfire actually goes through Skyfire's servers which then transfer the data to you. What this really means is that the Skyfire brower really is not playing flash, ajax or your favorite Youtube video, but just showing you a mirrored image of the site on Skyfire's servers. This is very similar to a few other browsers that have popped up over the past few years. |
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Microsoft was working on a project code names Deep Fish (which now seems dead i nthe water) and there was also Picsel Browser which is not released to the publis, but features on a number of Samsung Windows Mobile devices.
Skyfire is hoping to monetize their browser though advertisements in the browser and is also hoping to seal some deals with mobile providers who want their Windows Mobile devices to have a better change in competing with the iPhone.
