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Microsoft SideShow Beta - It's out! Download link

They finally got around to releasing a version of SideShow (this is MS's official beta, not a 3rd party). Tried it on my phone with Ricky/Kavana's v23. It works (no crashes yet)... some problems with browsing the media files library (content malformed).
The real bummer is that the home plug-in works does not work with the new 6.1 panel home (you either have to revert to the old 5/6 home screen to browse email, content, feeds, etc.). You can go to it as a regular app but that somewhat defeats it's purpose.
Anyone think that it can be ported to to work with 6.1 sliding panels?
Free download on MS's site without having to contend with RapidShare:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...84-f862-4e02-a2b0-0003b4565f34&DisplayLang=en
Thoughts anyone.

What does it all do this new program?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SideShow
this sounds freaking sweeet can't wait to try it out tonight....

i get it working. the bluetooth setup takes forever and and is not very stable, also i can not get the windows media player gadget working (the main reason i downloaded this).

Just read the documentation from the download. States not compatible with toshiba BT drivers. Too Bad

oh yah I see thats cool

Ah bummer, looks like it's for Vista and Mobile not XP - doh!

GJSmith3rd said:
Ah bummer, looks like it's for Vista and Mobile not XP - doh!
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Same here, it looked graphically promising but oh well.

skyfire is available for touch hd & x1

Welcome to the our first 0.9 Alpha release (version 0.9.0.8294)
This release is Windows Mobile only. We will have our first Symbian 0.9 release in early January.
Please read through this post since there are some gotchas that you should be aware of.
Starting with this release we are starting our Alpha program much earlier, and introducing for each release a smaller set of enhancements. The benefits are:
* You get earlier access to releases
* It is clearer what is new and allows you to focus your feedback accordingly.
* We get feedback earlier and can better integrate it into the product.
Our target for this release is last week of January.
This release is basically the latest Skyfire 0.8.5 with the following additions (more to come over time):
Text resizing:
This is a new approach to improve the readability of larger sections of text on a web page.. Our current (e.g. 0.8.*) approach is ‘Smartfit’, which reflows text into a narrower column. When it worked it was ok, unfortunately it broke a lot of web sites.
This new approach simply increases the text size enough that you should be able to read it more comfortably once zoomed into the text area (e.g. into the column width). You can switch this feature on/off by using the ‘Smartfit’ toggle. This allows you to see the difference as well.
This is our first iteration. We are looking forward to hear your opinion.
WVGA and W(Q)VGA support:
Finally. Now we support both WVGA (800x480) and WQVGA (400x240) devices on both portrait and landscape format.
We have tested in-house the Sony Ericsson Experia X1 (WVGA) and the Samsung Omnia (WQVGA).
Please see the list of known issues for these phones. It’s early days so please help us report issues.
EXPERIMENTAL: Flash/Silverlight handling:
Experimental is what it says: this is something that we played around with and we wanted to get your opinion.
When the cursor (using the d-pad) is placed over a plug-in element (Flash or Silverlight) the cursor will change to a hand a red dot. This provides two functionalities:
1. Each click will move the cursor half the distance for better preciseness.
2. You can enter “Direct Edit mode” (click and hold):
This will now send all keystrokes directly to the embedded app. This opens up the possibility to enter text into Flash or Silverlight.
Play with it and tell us what you think.
Known issues for this release:
- Samsung Omnia sometimes disconnects after ~15-20sec when carrier data service is used (WiFi seems to work)
- Sony Ericsson Experia X1: soft menus are incorrectly mapped in portrait mode. This can be corrected in the Windows under settings.
Warning: WHEN YOU SEE AN UPGRADE FLAG IN SKYFIRE PLEASE IGNORE IT. This will unfortunately upgrade you to the production version and overwrite the Alpha release. If this happens, then uninstall Skyfire and reinstall the Alpha version. Sorry for this, will be addressed soon.
Your existing username and password in 0.8.5 beta (e.g. production) continues to work for this Alpha. Thus your bookmarks and history will be preserved.
To install:
Download from this post, extract and transfer the CAB file to your device. Then install. It will be cleaner if you uninstall Skyfire first.
Windows Mobile touch screen use: 0.9_Alpha_RC.8294-PPC50.CAB
Windows Mobile non-touch screen use: 0.9_Alpha_RC.8294-SMP50.CAB

Link does not work!

Broken link, would be kind if you hosted the cab directly on XDA .
Cheers!

it works for me.but i am a member

Would you please post the .cab file here? You can attach it to the first post.

antrak said:
Broken link, would be kind if you hosted the cab directly on XDA .
Cheers!
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im not that clever.tell me how and i will

Download is only available for Skyfire beta members, so if anybody with an account could upload it here, it would be of a great help

Post a reply, click on "attach files" below the text entry frame, and attach the cab

The button is called "Manage attachments"

done it ..thanks guys ive learnt something new..enjoy your skyfire

Thanks man, you're great!
Cheers

First feedback:
It doesn't seem to be able to use my data connection. However, it works when I connect using wifi.

It does use my data connection. However, the sites are blurred (probably because they simply streched it to WVGA).

I try this SkyFire on my HTC HD befor few hrs and what to say I Uninstall it permanently!
Very ugly and bad quality screen
It`s not so fast like the peoples think.. my based opera 9.5 is 1000 times better than this!
I don`t see any reason to use this kind of browser and when the guys from SkyFire know the Display on HTC HD why they don`t do something to look cool and clear?
The browser look like is made for 150x300 device and someone streched it thousend times!
with one word REALLY NOT WOTH IT

Skyfire is still in Alpha... Don't expect miracles yet.
The big plus is the ability to handle flash 9 content including flash videos.
Bug: No sound in flash video such as youtube.

It works, but has no real WVGA. Looks like it scales up.

ez2remember said:
Skyfire is still in Alpha... Don't expect miracles yet.
The big plus is the ability to handle flash 9 content including flash videos.
Bug: No sound in flash video such as youtube.
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Well, Skyfire is a miracle. It loads flash videos three times as fast as my data connection is, so I can even watch youtube videos without buffering on EDGE, which would normally be impossible. It's twice to three times as fast as Opera.
There are still bugs and no real WVGA support, but it's already evident that the final product will indeed be kind of a miracle.
Btw, I've got sound on youtube.

I agree it is much faster than opera but this alpha version looks like crap compared to opera. They do need to make it real WVGA although I think I'll still use it in the mean time.

the best
Thanks man, you're great!
Cheers
better than opera and iE

Sweeet! I'm trying it right now!
Some feedback:
When I started it, the boot up of skyfire was looping between "check flight mode" and "Acquiring data connection"
I forgot that I was in flight-mode, so I switched to TF3D (minimizing skyfire) and switched off the flight-mode.
However the Data connection wouldn't turn on!
So I killed the process of skyfire, and then my data connection could turn on.
Then I started up skyfire again, this time with data connection on, but it got stuck at the "Preparing to load..." screen.
3rd try worked!

SkyFire 1.5 dead

Just wanted to inform everyone that skyfire 1.5 will be officially dead on December 31st. Guess they like the money more than those of us who helped get it to that point.
Anyway, I have switched over to Iris, and found it much better. just wanted to let you guys know.
this may be a good place to list some of your favorite browsers as well, so if you got one that you like, share the wealth!

I am using UC browser and it's fine
also opera 10 but there is a problem with shortcuts
I AM using B7320

stone-dead

JerryA said:
Just wanted to inform everyone that skyfire 1.5 will be officially dead on December 31st. Guess they like the money more than those of us who helped get it to that point.
Anyway, I have switched over to Iris, and found it much better. just wanted to let you guys know.
this may be a good place to list some of your favorite browsers as well, so if you got one that you like, share the wealth!
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This is not news. They might as well have said they would stop support on DEC. 9, 2009 when they released SKYFIRE 1.5. They have done nothin but lie to their supporters since then. Everytime they would release an update for Android they would turn WM support of for the weekend and say it was for maitanence. Then turned us off for three weeks for IPHONE. I can't blame em for goin after money but they could've been honest with us.

Anyone know any mobile browsers with flash support? I found one but don't really like how the videos play

It won't be until December. It is now. Skyfire no longer works on my phone. It simply gives me a pop-up box that says Skyfire will be no longer supported, but it will not go further. It simply closes out.
I loved Skyfire, but now I guess I am on the hunt for a new mobile browser.
[using WM6.5 standard at the moment]

Same thing here, I needed to get the non-mobile view of Delta Airlines website (for some reason, Opera and IE render mobile even though I have Desktop View set) and it said can't connect.
Strange, they only say v1.0 support ending, nothing about v1.5 being turned off. Unless the meant 1.x instead of 1.0, but that's not what they put.
So...any other equally good browsers (preferably with flash & other embedded streaming support) that will work on WM6.5?
-Matt
Verizon HTC Touch Pro2

mmiller7 said:
Same thing here, I needed to get the non-mobile view of Delta Airlines website (for some reason, Opera and IE render mobile even though I have Desktop View set) and it said can't connect.
Strange, they only say v1.0 support ending, nothing about v1.5 being turned off. Unless the meant 1.x instead of 1.0, but that's not what they put.
So...any other equally good browsers (preferably with flash & other embedded streaming support) that will work on WM6.5?
-Matt
Verizon HTC Touch Pro2
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Support for all WM versions will end on DEC. 31st. They will never develop another build for our devices. Our only chance of using Skyfire in 2011 will be by porting the ANDROID builds or somehow hacking the Skyfire servers but I doubt these things will ever happen. I recomend trying UZARD for a flash enabled browser but its only in beta release. I think they have also walked away from WM. They were supposed to release two versions which have been advertised on their site for at least 11 months but never released them. I don't think UZARD will turn off support but I would not expect another build. There is videos and reviews of UZARD WEB S & UZARD WEB H from back in FEB. 2010 but they never came out as I stated before probable cause they were focused on WP7. They have released builds for ANDROID & BLACKBERRY but haulted the WM builds. Oh well maybe one of the great developers on here will build a flash browser, thats our best chance of having a flash browser in the future that would be updatable.

try uZardweb...the function is almost the same like skyfire..

zanpaktao said:
try uZardweb...the function is almost the same like skyfire..
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THANK YOU!
This is the first browser like SkyFire I've seen that actually works and still supports Windows Mobile! I can once again view sites that require streaming embedded video and flash!
It would be nice if the toolbars would minimize to full-screen, but I can live without that as long as it keeps working.
Anyone who wants a link, here it is:
http://www.uzard.com/en/down/download_windowsmobile.asp

Will give it a try!

zanpaktao said:
try uZardweb...the function is almost the same like skyfire..
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Thak you zanpaktao!
For those of you kind of disapointed of SKYFIRE, I tested the uZard Web Beta Ver.2.0
Excelent choice...

Just installed uZard and I'm very impressed
I used skyfire for a while but since the release of the iphone ver and their servers broke, I switched back to opera, But now I can watch my flash vids in my browser again
Thanks for that!

Honestly, I will never use Skyfire on another Mobile OS because of how they treated their WinMo user base.

Android on HD7 (This is 100% real)

I can't believe that its already happened but The HD7 has gotten an android port.
http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/htc-hd7-gets-android-via-cooked-chinese-rom-video

Pretty slick. I would love to see Android on my LG Quantum. lol
My main issue w/ WP7 is that the APIs/apps don't exist ( sockets for 1 ) for doing things like streaming video ( a la orb ) and offline gps navigation.

ycavan said:
Pretty slick. I would love to see Android on my LG Quantum. lol
My main issue w/ WP7 is that the APIs/apps don't exist ( sockets for 1 ) for doing things like streaming video ( a la orb ) and offline gps navigation.
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What are you talking about? You can easily stream video to a WP7 device. Same goes for offline navigation.

Is it real 100% ?
Because they didn't provide any method and this a month of April fool day,
and one more.. how did they do it with what HSPL ??
Source of this video : XDA.CN

try setting up orb & go to mycast.orb.com, login & try to stream anything... ie on wp7 refuses to play any container, even asx files.
& offline nav... which offline nav app have you found in the Marketplace? Right now, I use TomTom 7 on my wm 6.5 phone. I also have A-to-B on my Quantum, but that is not an offline solution.
Navigon has to be side-loaded ( 'cause I have yet to find North American Navigon ) and then tricked into downloading NA maps from a local web server... so not very legit there.
Don't get me wrong, I do like Netflix and Facebook integration in wp7... I'm just irritated that this device was handicapped w/ the lack of APIs for normal daily stuff.

ycavan said:
Don't get me wrong, I do like Netflix and Facebook integration in wp7... I'm just irritated that this device was handicapped w/ the lack of APIs for normal daily stuff.
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It has nothing to do with API's being missing - all the API's you need (for these two purposes) are there. If I'm not mistaken there are a few Orb clients in the works - but my point was that you can stream to WP7 just fine. Heck, you can stream directly from your Media Center PC at home over 3G if you set it up right.
As for Navigon - you're correct, it's exclusive to TMODE, but the app exists and works just fine, again showing you that all the API's are infact there. The only non-standard APIs Navigon use are those to identify your IMEI and IMSI, which would not be needed were the app not exclusive in the first place.

I'd rather see WP7 ported to Android phones than the other way around. The hardware is so much better on the Android side, I'm not sure why anyone would ever want to do this.

Why would anyone want to downgrade the OS??

I love my hd7....but I would like to see this come to life. Fingers crossed.

^^^ I wouldn't necessarily call it a downgrade... More like a 2nd option. I wouldn't mind having it.
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krjcook said:
^^^ I wouldn't necessarily call it a downgrade... More like a 2nd option. I wouldn't mind having it.
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Exactly.
Kinda like having windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot...kinda

I'll say do I want android
I stopped developing for HD2 android to get wp7...I don't want to go back. Period

I would love to have this as an option. I'd still primarily use WP7 but it'd be great to duel boot and be able to use Android when I need or want something that is not yet available for WP7. I'd love it just to play Abduction! World Attack and for Google Nav.

I would love to be able to put android on my hd7.
Please give me more options guys!
Thanks!

Eww. I'd rather be able to dual boot WM6.5.3. Android is just a rip off of iPhone and WM6.5 anyways...

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Eww. I'd rather be able to dual boot WM6.5.3. Android is just a rip off of iPhone and WM6.5 anyways...
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Which both ripped off of Palm OS (aka Garnet OS).

Please explain how Windows Mobile ripped off Garnet OS or any Palm Product...
Nevermind... You can't.

Don't see how this is possible without HSPL or Haret, he probably just put an HD7 front side case on some Android device.
edit:
how the hell did you guys go from Android on an HD7 to the same old idiotic "oh man WP7 sucks, WP7 is awesome, WM6.5.x sucks, Palm is awesome"
this has nothing to do with any of that garbage.

$5 says this thread will soon be full of the usual suspects bashing WP7 and its missing features.

orangekid said:
Don't see how this is possible without HSPL or Haret, he probably just put an HD7 front side case on some Android device.
edit:
how the hell did you guys go from Android on an HD7 to the same old idiotic "oh man WP7 sucks, WP7 is awesome, WM6.5.x sucks, Palm is awesome"
this has nothing to do with any of that garbage.
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its possible they used jtag for this...

Skype is live!!!

This is LOOONG overdue! But Skype is now available!
http://blogs.skype.com/en/2012/02/skype_brings_voice_and_video_c.html
!!!
http://www.gowindowsgo.com/2012/02/26/skype-is-available-for-windows-phone/
In Marketplace: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/apps/c3f8e570-68b3-4d6a-bdbb-c0a3f4360a51

Not available in my Country (Mexico).Can someone upload the beta xap please? =)

Did you try the links above? Copy the ID of the app in the URL for your marketplace.

Installed mine via Zune. Just wish I actually used it. I've got about 3 contacts there. :|

I've been waiting for this for ages!
Pretty solid app. A bit laggy on my HD7, but still great to have.
Can't wait to actually start using this, but wish I had a front facing camera on my HD7.

Just downloaded, going to test drive it later...but yeah, no FFC on the HD7 is a bummer.
Sent from The ACSyndicate Tower using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

Installed this morning, a little laggy, cannot work in background (which is essential), no live tile, notifications add-ons are not getting through (smileys, links etc.)... Suppose these are beta illnesses...

abaksunovic said:
Installed this morning, a little laggy, cannot work in background (which is essential), no live tile, notifications add-ons are not getting through (smileys, links etc.)... Suppose these are beta illnesses...
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nice first post dude !!!!!!!!!
but yes its beta 0.2 what can you expect

Beta, but sure long expected... Wouldn't hurt to have a bit more options in Settings... other then "sign automaticaly"..... Anyway, nice job and one thing that's been missing terribly!

Keyboard needs better integration. First letter or each message (sentence as well?) does not capitalize. Also, special characters (!, ?) do not revert back to qwerty after selected, as they would do in any other app.

Surprised it's standalone. Logs in 10x faster than IM+ so that alone is worth it. I have no skype credits to test out the calling.

Just tried skype to skype call from Titan and my ffc is completely black. tried messing around with settings but nothing....

My chatt boxes are all empty, I can see boxes and who wrote something, but that "something" isn't in there... video call works with back camera on my Trophy (no front camera unfortunately)...

merci beaucoup

Does not seem to work very well for me i am using a hd7, i know its not on the list of approved phones yet. For some reason no matter what i do it always has it on speaker phone.

On my htc 7 pro it works very very good. the call quality is very good. i used it over wifi. and call to an pc. the sound is better than it was pc-pc. i dont know how but it is better i tried the video call. and it works too. i have no FFC, but it uses the back camera which is 5mp and the picture is very good, not laggy, all the basic functions of skype are integrated, its a BETA release, so BE HAPPY with it! now i call for free from europe to canada, US, to the near east.

Doens't run in the background?
It seem the beta won't run in the background. That makes it a lousy call replacement app, as you'll need to coordinate with people when to open the app.
Also it lacks basic features like adding people to your contacts.

FreekWel said:
It seem the beta won't run in the background. That makes it a lousy call replacement app, as you'll need to coordinate with people when to open the app.
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I'm curious, what other apps you ever got from the marketplace, runs in the background on Windows Phone?-)

With my Lumia 800 Skype work's perfect. On my LG Optimus 7 i can only use the external speaker. With my Omnia 7 the same problem.

Well app looks solid. I love it UI. Ofcorse i did test call from HTC TITAN to HTC HD7 & OMNIA 7. Works charm. HD7 and Omnia uses rear camera.
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