We recently posted a news on the release on skyfire browser for the s60v5 phones. A few days back, skyfire has updated their client. As you might know, the client is unsigned. So you will have to sign it before installing it. Even if you have signed the previous client, you might need to sign the new file again, since every sis has to be signed on its own. So run the new one through the signer with your certificate and install it over the old client.
If you were wondering why the file going round is unsigned, its because the touch client isnt official yet. Their download page still lists only Windows Mobile and S60 3rd edition, nothing for 5th. 1.5 went out on December 9 for Windows Mobile alone, with full VGA, a finger friendly UI, smooth scrolling and a full screen mode, and Jeff Glueck said on the Skyfire blog that news for Nokia Symbian touch screen phones is expected very shortly. Wap Review says skyfire told them the Symbian 1.5 arrives in January and will finally support S60 5th edition.
So yes, this is an alpha, and it runs on phones like the N97, 5800, Omnia HD and Satio. Goponygo over in Spain tried it on an N97 and says flash pages and youtube videos play well, though pausing and restarting a video isnt smooth yet. Stay tuned!!
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