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Skyfire’s SkyBar toolbar is now scrollable and customizable, allowing for a larger and more personalized number of features to be positioned on the toolbar. Beyond the ‘Video’, ‘Facebook’, ‘Fireplace’, ‘Popular’, ‘Ideas’ & ‘Like’ buttons, Skyfire has added full Twitter, Groupon and Google Reader integration, a ‘Share’ button, Sports, News and Finance feeds, and a ‘Settings’ button.

Skyfire for Android is one of the most popular applications in the Android Market and has seen over 3 million downloads since launching in April 2010. The mobile browser was upgraded to critical acclaim in November 2010 with integrated social media and Facebook capabilities, and the app currently has a user rating of 4.5 stars out of a possible five stars, based on tens of thousands of reviews in the Android Market. This latest update will continue to build on Skyfire’s strong track record of innovation.

With v4.0, Skyfire for Android will begin offering its video optimization as an optional $2.99 premium feature, unlocked via an in-app purchase after a three day free trial.  The feature pays for itself for most users around the world by allowing users to watch more video with less data usage (where users have capped or metered data plans), as well as increasing battery life.

As part of a special, limited time offer, Skyfire is offering the video optimization feature free to all Verizon customers downloading Skyfire 4.0 for Android.  Skyfire will be available in the VCastTM Apps section of the Android Market for Verizon users during this promotion.

Skyfire 4.0 for Android, including the video optimization feature, will remain free for all of the over 3 million beta testers around the globe who have used the app to date, in gratitude for their support in helping Skyfire grow and improve.

“With Skyfire 4.0 for Android, we’re enabling users to customize their browser toolbar to fit their interests, from sports, to social networks, to finance, news, and local deals,” said Jeff Glueck, CEO of Skyfire. “While the basic browser will remain free, with the launch of Google’s Android In-App purchase platform, the time has come to make our video cloud acceleration service a premium feature that reflects the investment we make to support each user in our cloud.  We deliver state-of-the art web video tuned to your current mobile connection bandwidth, saving 75% on average data loads. For users who enjoy web video, or who are on metered data, the service can pay for itself in the first month of use.”

Customizable SkyBar – Skyfire’s toolbar is now configurable and expandable, enabling users to create their own flavor of Skyfire experience.  With the new scrollable SkyBar, users now have access to fourteen Skyfire features and have the ability to enable, disable and position each button as they see fit.

New SkyBar Features –Skyfire has added eight new features:

o   Twitter – Login to the ‘Twitter’ Button to have one-touch access to Twitter streams.  Tweet, search, and check in with the Twittersphere without leaving the Skyfire browser.  (And yes, watch videos shared on Twitter with just one click.)
o   Groupon – With the ‘Groupon’ Button, the SkyBar is now delivering nearby deals so you can do a quick check on the deal of the day at all times.
o   Share – Easily share websites, articles, pictures & videos with the touch of the ‘Share’ button, a feature previously accessible through the Skyfire menu.
o   Google Reader – Use the ‘Google Reader’ Button to keep up with feeds from your favorite sites.  Google Reader keeps you in the know by constantly checking your favorite news sites and blogs for new content.
o   Sports, News & Finance – Three new buttons, ‘Sports’, ‘News’ & ‘Finance’, have been added to the SkyBar to bring one-touch access to the latest events.
o   Settings – The ‘Settings’ button could easily be labeled the ‘Customize’ button.  Use this to enable, disable or position SkyBar features to your personal preferences.

·       General Tips – We’ve added a host of new in-browser tips, tricks & tutorials to help users get them most out of browsing with Skyfire.

Download: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skyfire.browser

T-Mobile's 4G-ish network and has "3D" capabilities, if you really want to call it that.

At 8.9-inches, it's noticeably smaller than a 10-inch tablet, but not so small that you're yearning for the extra real estate. Like the Xoom, the G-Slate is a half-inch thick and it weighs about 1.4 pounds, so it's a bit heavier in the hand than the iPad.

T-Mobile's 4G mobile broadband is certainly faster than most 3G networks and can load pages and videos in a reasonable amount of time. Reception issues are a non-issue (around NYC, at least). But again, this is not LTE, nor is it WiMax. It's HSPA that's been beefed up.

When it comes to the 3D functionality, I'm not really sure why they bothered. The display doesn't support 3D video files. The stereoscopic cameras shoot in 3D, but you need to output it to a 3D-capable display to be able to view anything you shoot. And their solution for 3D on the tablet is anaglyphic 3D recording (and viewing) of videos and photos. Unfortunately, this isn't 1995, and most people aren't going to be impressed by stuff popping out at them in red and blue (at least, I hope not). Simply put, 3D is a gimmick on the G-Slate.

As for the other aspects of the G-Slate, navigating through the Honeycomb UI feels smooth, and apps are generally speedy. The browser zips through pages that aren't burdened with photos and Flash and javascript, but tends to hiccup when faced with any of those items.

The Flash 10.2 beta is also available for the G-Slate, and it works...mostly. It'll play videos smaller than 720p and load most Flash elements in web pages. But its inclusion is not life changing and HTML5 video is still smoother on this thing. Often, there are noticeable artifacts during playback and a bit of choppiness. But if you really need to view Flash content, it does the job.

The 1280x768 screen looks sharp at 168 dpi, but has a bit of a greenish tint to it. It tracks taps and finger presses well, though scrolling could be a bit more responsive (which becomes apparent while web browsing).

So other than some irrelevant 3D features, and mobile carriers, the G-Slate isn't all that different from the Xoom—they basically have the same guts. If you're debating between the two, it'll mostly come down to size preference.

 

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