One of the several mobile Safari alternatives is Skyfire. The new version of Skyfire 2.0 will bring an innovative technology that will let users watch Adobe Flash based videos without even installing Flash or any kind of work around. Ha, it’s not magic. Skyfire 2.0 App basically relies aup on the Skyfire’s remote servers that convert Adobe Flash based video to HTML5 based video format. Once the conversion completes, the video starts streaming on the user’s device via Skyfire 2.0 App. Do note that this Skyfire 2.0 would be able to support only videos that can be converted into HTML5 friendly streaming format.
Apple will happily accept this App in its App store since it is a perfect solution to watch Flash-based videos without installing Flash on iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Of course there would be some buffering and time involved to transcode the Flash video to HTML5. Do note that YouTube already offers videos in HTML5 format so don’t be under any false notion. Hulu fans, sorry for this Skyfire 2.0 App won’t be of any use to you. Hulu has blocked Skyfire app from downloading and converting its videos.
Skyfire 2.0 would be available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch at a cost of $2.99 once it gets approved for App Store. Check out the press demo below.
(via: CNN Money)