Skyfire Buys Kolbysoft to Make an Android Browser

Skyfire plans to extend its browser to the Android mobile platform after acquiring Kolbysoft, the maker of the Steel browser interface for Android.

Skyfire is a free mobile browser that uses cloud-based processing to deliver a full Web experience, including Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight content. So far it has been available only for the Windows Mobile and Symbian Series 60 operating systems. Steel is a free browser based on the Webkit architecture that is designed to provide a more user-friendly interface for browsing on Android devices. It is distributed through the Android Marketplace and is currently in version 0.1.9. Read the rest of this entry »

Firefox for Android is coming soon

The word hitting the net waves is that the mobile version of Mozilla’s Firefox browser may become available to the Android platform sometime in February according to a German website reports an article over on android spin. Read the rest of this entry »