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SkyFire mobile browser updated: New UI, higher resolutions support and kinetic scrolling

The SkyFire Mobile browser has received a major update today (1.5.0.15020). The browser now natively supportthe VGA and WVGA resolutions on Windows Mobile…

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The SkyFire Mobile browser has received a major update today (1.5.0.15020). The browser now natively supportthe VGA and WVGA resolutions on Windows Mobile devices and kinetic scrolling has been added.One thing still missing it landscape support though. I’ver played with on the HTC HD2 and it’s definitaly a big step forward compared to the previous version. But it still feels kinda slow even on a SnapDragon powered device (pages load quickly but panning and zomming is really slow). Anyway this is still the best way to browse the web if you really need Flash & Silverlight support.

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