1. Comparison of Android browsers
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Growing number of Android browsers
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They aren’t listed in any particular order
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Decide for yourself which one to use
2. Chrome
On most handsets, Chrome is the main browser.
It's fast, flexible, and packed with features that
make it a great choice. Like its desktop
counterpart, it's fast and handles tabs in an
intuitive way. You can sync open tabs, passwords
and other data between desktop Chrome and
mobile Chrome. It's constantly being updated by
Google and works nicely with all their apps and
services.
3. Dolphin
Dolphin Browser must have almost every mobile
browser feature anyone can think of. You can set
Flash on, off or on-demand, and have your phone
emulate a desktop PC, iPhone or iPad. It has
gesture-control features, multi-touch zoom, and
voice input via the Sonar plug-in. In terms of
comprehensiveness and feature-set it's very hard
to beat.
4. Firefox
Firefox for Android brings with it a smooth
browsing experience, a stylish-looking interface
and tab management system, and a selection of
add-ons. As with Chrome, you can sync settings
and other content with desktop installations of the
browser.
5. Opera
Opera's offered mobile browsing for a long time,
and they have developed an intuitive interface
with intelligent rendering and zoom controls
available in Opera Mobile. Noteworthy features
include the ability to hide parts of the interface, a
one-column mode that attempts to optimise sites
that aren't mobile-friendly, and the server-side
Opera Turbo compression system.
6. Ninesky
Ninesky comes with some useful ideas, such as a
night mode to ease the strain on your eyes, and
an automatic mobile optimiser that strips down a
site to its bare text-and-image essentials which
can come in handy when you have a weak mobile
signal and just want to get at the football scores.
The tabs disappear when they're not needed to
give you more screen space.
7. Skyfire
A lot of thought about the mobile experience has
gone into Skyfire. It vies with Dolphin HD for the
sheer number of options and features that have
been crammed in, though the look and feel does
suffer somewhat as a result. Certainly the most
innovative and idea-packed browser we tested.
8. Boat
While the Boat Browser has quite basic
functionality compared to the other browsers
reviewed there are a number of useful utilities
hidden away in its menus. The interface is clean
and easy to use, and the unobtrusive pop-up
menu can be customised to show only the options
you'd like to have available. Welcome functions
include a screenshot tool, private browsing
capabilities, voice input and a night mode.