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How it works

Read this page to see if Skyfire runs on your phone and we're currently active in your region. Then, download Skyfire from either your phone or your PC.

From your PC: Click here. You can choose to send an SMS/text message with a download link to your phone, or install through your PC.

From your phone: Go to get.skyfire.com with your device's standard browser.

During the download process, we'll detect your phone type and provide the appropriate version of Skyfire.

After you install, you can set up an optional Skyfire account from the browser start page. With a Skyfire account, you will never lose your bookmarks or cookies when you change phones. You can also participate in our User Forum with your account login. The User Forum is the best place to get help, provide feedback and connect with the Skyfire community.

Phones we support

Currently, we support Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 (3rd edition) platforms, and run on these phones:

Windows Mobile phones
Skyfire requires Microsoft Windows Mobile 5, 6, or 6.1.
The following screen resolutions are supported:
  • 240x240, 320x320
  • 320x240 (QVGA)
  • 400x240 (WQVGA)
  • 640x480 (VGA)
  • 800x480 (WVGA)
Skyfire has been verified on many popular Windows Mobile phones including:
  • Samsung i900 Omnia
  • Samsung Epix
  • Samsung SCH-i760
  • Samsung SGH-i780
  • Samsung BlackJack I & II
  • Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1
  • HTC Touch, HTC Touch Pro
  • HTC Diamond
  • HTC TyTN II
  • HTC Fuze
  • Motorola Q9c
  • Palm Treo (700w, 700wx, 750, Treo Pro, 800w)
  • Pantech Duo
  • T-Mobile Shadow
  • T-Mobile Dash
  • Verizon XV6800
  • Verizon XV6900
  • Sprint Touch
  • AT&T Tilt
  • ...and many more!
To check if your phone is compatible with our OS and resolution requirements, please refer to the Microsoft website here (for US users) or here (for UK users).

Skyfire will not run on Windows Mobile PDAs (e.g. no phone capability).

Symbian phones
Skyfire requires a Nokia N and E series phones with 240x320 (QVGA) screen.
Skyfire has been verified on these devices:
  • E62
  • E71
  • N73
  • N75
  • N76
  • N78
  • N79
  • N81
  • N85
  • N95 (8GB)
  • N96
Skyfire will not run on the following Symbian devices:
  • Symbian Series S60 (2nd edition)
  • N80, N90, E60 (resolution not supported)
  • Samsung and LG Symbian devices
  • UIQ
Skyfire will run on Wi-Fi, however a data plan is recommended.

Places we support

Currently, we are active in the US, Canada, France and UK. Although you might be able to use Skyfire outside the US, Canada, France and UK, our focus is providing the best user experience for our active countries. Using Skyfire outside these countries is at your own discretion. We are not able to provide support to users in inactive countries nor provide service guarantees. You can participate in our User Forum where you might find solutions with fellow Skyfire users in your country.

Stay tuned

Plans are well underway to bring Skyfire to more phones and countries. However, at this time, we are not commenting on specific platforms, countries or timeframes. To stay up to date, please subscribe to our blog.

People often ask, will Skyfire run on my...

  • Android G1: An important platform that we are keeping our eye on.
  • Apple iPhone: Nope. Still waiting for a call from Steve...
  • Blackberry: Not yet. It's high on our list. Stay tuned.
  • Palm OS phone: Palm OS phones are not supported, but Windows Mobile phones offered by Palm, such as certain Treo or the Palm Pro models, are fully supported.
  • Palm Pre: This phone is not even out yet, but we are eager to get our hands on it.
  • Samsung Instinct: This phone is not a Windows Mobile device and will not run Skyfire.
  • Other Symbian phones: We are concentrating on the Symbian S60 (3rd edition) phones. We have no plans to support Symbian S40 or S60 (2nd edition), or UIQ phones anytime soon.
  • Mobile and feature phones: Skyfire will not run on standard mobile or feature phones such as the Motorola Razr, Samsung Glyde and other lower-end devices.