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[InvincibleLiving]

man i wish they would hurry up and drop this already....

[jayweezie21]

Originally Posted by nautica2450

man i wish they would hurry up and drop this already....

impatience leads too hella bugs...if you havent noticed =)

[pdx77]

Here is some more information from their blog:

Nitin Bhandari
January 31st, 2008

Thanks for the tremendous response to Skyfire. We knew you were suffering through a miserable mobile browsing experience, but based on the response, we hit quite a nerve. We look forward to getting as many people as we can into our private beta, and as soon as we can. We know you are anxiously waiting to get the full PC web experience on your phone.

On that note, we are receiving many questions about when is the beta coming and what phones do we support. I want to give you more details in this post and you can also refer to our FAQ.

We are rolling out the beta program in a measured fashion. First, we’ll support Windows Mobile phones in the U.S. Next week, we will begin to send SMS messages to people who have signed up for the beta program, and invite them to download Skyfire Beta 0.5, on a first-signed up, first-served basis. It will take some time to accommodate each and every sign up we’ve received, but rest assured our goal is to get as many beta users as we can. It’s with your help and feedback that we’ll get Skyfire to 1.0. If you have a Windows Mobile phone and a U.S. phone number, please sign up.

We have plans in place and development underway to support other phones and other geographies. After Windows Mobile, we will support the Symbian platform in the U.S. – starting with Nokia N-Series and E-series phones – and invite those peopled signed up into our beta program. To set your expectations, this could take a couple of months as we continue development and testing.

For all you Blackberry, Palm and Linux users, we hear you. Please continue to sign up, but know the wait will be longer.

For our friends in Europe and Asia, we are working as hard as we can to roll out the service internationally. Please continue to sign up, and we ask for just a little patience. We are a small team after all.

If you sent an email to info@skyfire.com or feedback@skyfire.com, please know that we’ve read each and every one of them. If you haven’t received a response already, you will shortly.

We appreciate the phenomenal interest you’ve shown and we’re working to get the product into your hands as quickly as we can.

And on a lighter note, we are proud to have received free pizzas the other night from Amici Pizzeria for being their best customer of the month. Late night pizza, after all, is the brain food for all the hard working engineers that are trying to get this amazing experience into your hands/phones.

[Pibe38]

Great info, thanks for posting it!

Now we just have to wait a couple of more days for those SMS to start coming out!

[Torx]

LMAO at all you paranoid fools for signing up with fake numbers! since they'll be sending links through sms... ahahah

well they didnt mention anything else about their ad routine and whether or not there will be a full paid for version minus ads.. anyways, i cant wait!!!!

[Perasite]

Now I have to remember if I gave them my real number . . .

[eballin]

so does anyone have any idea when it will come out??

[pdx77]

Originally Posted by eballin

so does anyone have any idea when it will come out??

I'm not sure if you missed the nice long blog post I posted a couple of posts above yours, but in case you missed it:

First, we’ll support Windows Mobile phones in the U.S. Next week, we will begin to send SMS messages to people who have signed up for the beta program, and invite them to download Skyfire Beta 0.5, on a first-signed up, first-served basis.

That's all the information we know at this time.

[eballin]

aww man, i feel like a idiot now! reading is fundamental lol.. well thanks for letting me know..

[pdx77]

Originally Posted by eballin

aww man, i feel like a idiot now! reading is fundamental lol.. well thanks for letting me know..

LOL.. it's all good, I know we are all waiting for this =) I for one can't wait.