Comments on: Rich Mobile Browser Startup Skyfire Snags Travelocity Exec For Top Spot

By: shamim

shamim — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:22:57 +0000

hi i need skyfire touch virsion on symbian 5th nokia 5800 support i live in bangladesh

By: Tech Crunch | SkyFire Raises $5 Million More For Rich Mobile Browser | Your Gadget Review

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:12:53 +0000

[...] this Summer they hired former Travelocity executive Jeffrey Glueck to lead the company into the next phase. Now a [...]

By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » SkyFire Raises $5 Million More For Rich Mobile Browser

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:19:03 +0000

[...] this Summer they hired former Travelocity executive Jeffrey Glueck to lead the company into the next phase. Now a [...]

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SkyFire Raises $5 Million More For Rich Mobile Browser | Stoth — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:30:45 +0000

[...] this Summer they hired former Travelocity executive Jeffrey Glueck to lead the company into the next phase. Now a [...]

By: SkyFire Raises $5 Million More For Rich Mobile Browser | Spin Valley Post

SkyFire Raises $5 Million More For Rich Mobile Browser | Spin Valley Post — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:30:28 +0000

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By: SkyFire Raises $5 Million More For Rich Mobile Browser

SkyFire Raises $5 Million More For Rich Mobile Browser — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:27:05 +0000

[...] this Summer they hired former Travelocity executive Jeffrey Glueck to lead the company into the next phase. Now a [...]

By: New Gadgets | Rich Mobile Browser Startup Skyfire Snags Travelocity Exec For Top Spot

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:15:33 +0000

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Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:50:35 +0000

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By: Pilot

Pilot — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:49:04 +0000

This is even worse then I thought.

By: ex-girl friday

ex-girl friday — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:53:46 +0000

Skyfire is only a VNC client. It’s using desktop mozilla on a server farm, sending video back over h.264. They claim they get like 400 people to a server, but it’s constantly crashing, and disconnecting users who do streaming audio. It’s more like 10 users to one server, since every user is creating a new launch of mozilla firefox.

By: John Meada

John Meada — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:02:14 +0000

Really? Google has 3 ceos????

By: Pilot

Pilot — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:49:34 +0000

FireFox does not operate server farms.

By: Steven Marlin

Steven Marlin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:44:45 +0000

Last time I checked, he’s just a co-CEO! Sergey and Larry are also CEOs!

Got a better example?

By: pedalpete

pedalpete — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:25:01 +0000

Though sky-fire may have been ‘game changing’ when it was first demo’d, aren’t they now just barely ahead of the curve?
With the quality of mobile browsers on Android, iPhone and Frenec (Firefox), does SkyFire still offer a significant improvement?

Microsoft should buy these guys up and offer a comparable mobile browser experience to it’s competitors.

By: pedalpete

pedalpete — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:22:06 +0000

I mostly agree with you, with the exception that subscription is not the only business model.
Just like FireFox, search promotion can be lucrative, particularly on mobile.

By: mikka

mikka — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:09:46 +0000

Oooh… I guess thats what happened to Google when they brought in Eric Schmidt!

By: Kiran Vaka

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:38:37 +0000

I have tried Skyfire on Nokia and Windows Mobile, and it is one of the best mobile browsers out there. What this downtown Mtn. View startup needs at this stage is rigorous marketing and increased visibility.
And they are pretty much in tune with the latest developments..one of them being 3d rendering on clients..remember the 3D Browser conference in Apple campus last month?

By: Vid-Biz: Skyfire, Cinemash, VOD

Vid-Biz: Skyfire, Cinemash, VOD — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:57:36 +0000

[...] Vid-Biz: Skyfire, Cinemash, VOD Skyfire Gets a New CEO; Jeffrey Glueck joins the mobile browser company, was formerly chief marketing officer at Travelocity. (TechCrunch) [...]

By: Steven Marlin

Steven Marlin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:41:53 +0000

If I could short it, I would. When you bring in an outside CEO, company is surely f’ed!

9 out of 10 times, when you bring in a CEO and replace the founder, company will fail within 18 months.

Skyfire, it was nice knowing ya!

By: Chem

Chem — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:36:57 +0000

also, I’m using a Nokia e71

By: Pilot

Pilot — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:36:53 +0000

The business model of Skyfire is quite questionable. They operate large farms of content adaptation servers and give their browser out for free. The only viable model which will work in a long term here is subscription. But how many users will gonna pay for using internet browser? Another question: how long will they have their “flash and etc support” advantage? 1-2 years at most. These technologies will eventually come to mobile. Deadpool.

By: Chem

Chem — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:34:33 +0000

Just watched the Skyfire demo and DLed the browser. I wanted to visit Hulu like the guy does in the demo.

Did Hulu block Skyfire?? I get a “this video is unavailable” error when I try to play a video.

What a bunch of dicks.

Can someone with Skyfire 1.0 tell me if they’re unable to play hulu.com videos too.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:22:44 +0000

I have just downloaded SkyFire to my Nokia phone, I opted for them to send me the file by text and to download it straight on my Nokia phone. Straight forward!

By: Skyfire gets a new CEO: Travelocity’s Jeffrey Glueck | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:08:56 +0000

[...] has made a key hire as it appointed Jeffrey Glueck as its new CEO. Glueck was previously working at Travelocity as the firms Chief Marketing Officer and had [...]

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:33:13 +0000

sounds like a good fit