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Android, Web Browsers, and Bookmark Sync

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This week, two new browser projects released pre-release versions of Fennec(the mobile version of Firefox), and Skyfire 2.0 Beta.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t00fEV2_kE

Skyfire as a browser seems to have a lot to offer. It offers multi-tab browsing, some Flash video playback options. Meanwhile, if you know Firefox, you know what Fennec is based on. But apparently, they felt comfortable enough to release a pre-release alpha for people to see.

Remember, Alphas and Betas are not meant to  be stable. We didn’t try installing Fennec on our Droids, here’s a video from Android Central reviewing it. Fennec appears to be very well laid out so far, and will sync to your computer using Mozilla Weave.

There is the fully released Dolphin Browser. Many people have switched to it from the stock browser. It supports Bookmark Sync with Google. We did try Dolphin Browser, but we’ve stuck with the stock browser…for now.

We admit that, as Firefox users, we use Xmarks, which also syncs to Google Chrome, to keep track of our bookmarks. If you want to use that on Android, the current only way to do it is to use mobile.xmarks.com. You can bookmark that, and log in, and you’ll get your bookmarks. And it keeps the custom order you set up in Firefox.

What solutions do you use? We don’t claim to be Android experts. We’re learning about our Android phones day by day, as any user. We’ll share our thoughts, but we want to hear yours. How do you keep track of bookmarks and settings? What is your preferred browser?

Published on May 2, 2010

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