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While it's
long supported
Flash, the Skyfire mobile browser now plays nice with Microsoft
Silverlight?basically, Microsoft's version of Flash, which is what you'll
need to watch streaming video at the NBC Olympics site. Meaning yes, you can watch Olympics
video on your S60 or Windows Mobile phone if you're stuck in traffic or
something. If you've got Skyfire, anyway, and it so happens we've got 100
more beta codes. Click here and drop in the code
GizmodoAUG. Let us know how it goes, 'specially the NBC Olympics stuff
since Skyfire is pimping it pretty hard. Skyfire Mobile
Browser Satisfying Hunger for the Olympics with Live Access to Olympic
Footage from NBC's PC Website NBC-Universal is offering an
unprecedented amount of video footage of the summer Olympics from Beijing
on its website NBColympics.com. While Google, Yahoo and even NBC have
limited mobile offerings, the Skyfire mobile browser, currently in private
beta, has full access to all of NBC's full-PC site including access to full
video. Skyfire users can not only see highlights of Michael Phelps' first
medal-garnering performances, they can watch live as he swims toward his
next gold. In addition to being the only mobile browser that allows
full access to the NBColympics.com site, Skyfire has also added a widget on
its launching page, linking to video and picture slideshows of the latest
from Beijing. This custom blend of images and video is updated through RSS
several times a day, making Skyfire the best way to follow the Olympics
from a mobile device. Skyfire is the only mobile browser which
supports full Flash, which is the most popular online video codec. Fans of
the Olympics who watch the games at home on their desktop PCs, probably had
to download the Silverlight plug-in in order to view the video. Skyfire
added Silverlight support seamlessly, without its users having to install a
new plug-in or even update the browser version. The Skyfire browser
is currently in private beta on the WindowsMobile and Symbian
platforms. [Skyfire]

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