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Skyfire Gets an Update, Video Look

Yes boys and girls it’s about that time. That time for the long awaited Skyfire to get an update -- it's now up to a 0.6 release. They're still in private beta but we're fairly confident that if you go sign up up for the new Beta it won't take too long to get an invite. Since we first suggested that Skyfire could beat the pants off Safari, we've come down quite a bit -- dig the video above to see what we mean. YouTube video "works," but it probably is going to take some more speed -- either in the form of bandwidth or processor -- for this Treo 750 user to call it good.

In any case, Skyfire is getting closer to being feature-complete, they've added Auto-complete text entry, Paste into URL or search, Ability to delete bookmarks, Multiple zoom modes for touch screen phones, Double tap to Zoom In and Zoom Out, Support for custom virtual keyboards (SIP), and a few other standard features to the mix.

All in all, it’s a pretty nifty little browser, but still definitely a Beta. Is it powerful? Yes. Does it play you tube? Yes. Does it play it well? No. It still has the potential to be a first class browser on full release, finger still crossed.

Let us know what y'all think or if you received the download email.

[Ed. Note: Check the Comments, user JGold get the Meta-Gold-Star of the day for watching our video demoing Skyfire's video flash support ....on Skyfire!]