Top Three Android Browsers -- An Overview
If you're looking for a good browser for your brand spanking new Android Phone, you'll find that you have quite a few choices. But let's narrow it down to the best we've used so far:
Opera Mini. Opera Mini must be the best mobile phone browser in the market. It's lightweight, compact, and simple to use. It's also very stable. One great feature of the Opera Mini is the Speed Dial, which you can set your most-visited websites on a grid of thumbnails which open every time you open a new, blank Tab. This way, all your favorite websites will be accessible with one single click.
Opera Link is also one feature that sets this browser apart. This feature is exclusive to Opera, and allows Opera users to synchronize their browser data across the devices they use. So if you're using an Opera browser on your Desktop, you can sync your bookmarks and Speed Dial from there to your Android, thanks to your Opera Link account. The setup is a matter of signing up (just like signing up for email) and then with a few clicks to sync, your Opera bookmarks are now merged across the devices you use. This is why it's awesome.
Dolphin Browser HD is highly recommended by the Android community because of its gesture-based shortcuts. You can set gestures to open certain websites or to perform certain actions like going to a subdomain or an inner page of a website. If you're the type who loves shortcuts, Dolphin Browser is something that you may adore.
We like Dolphin Browser because it tends to have better flash support and better video support than Opera Mini. While some websites may require Opera Mini to install Adobe's latest version over and over, Dolphin Browser just goes right on ahead and loads the website. For those who subscribe to video websites like Vimeo, Metacafe, Dailymotion or Revver, or if you watch video from CNN, ABC, Yahoo or even Beyonce's official website, this may be the answer to your mobile video-viewing needs.
Skyfire also comes highly recommended, especially by Tech Crunch. One great feature is how it has a dedicated pop-up section for Facebook and Twitter, which lets you post, share and tweet while you're in the middle of, say, reading through Huffington Post or New York Times.
Skyfire also lets you watch video from most sources, just like Dolphin Browser. However, the free version only gives you three days of free use for the video function. After that, you'd have to pay $2.99 to keep watching videos via Skyfire. There are other functions that are still free even after the first three days. You can Like and share pages directly from the Skyfire menu, without shifting to another tab for Facebook or Twitter. You don't even have to open the Facebook for Android app. There's also a nifty function, the Fireplace, which lets you view links from your Facebook and Twitter accounts all in one page. These innovations are the things that make Skyfire unique.
These are the top three browsers of the Android Market. In giving you their strengths and weaknesses, we hope to have helped you decide which to download and keep for your Android. Have fun!
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