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Skyfire's ended the closed beta program for its eponymous wirelss Web browser and has opened up registration for the free browser to all with a Microsoft-run device. That means anyone with a Windows Mobile (5 or 6) smartphone can run the latest edition of Skyfire, now on version 0.8, through its paces.

Unlike other browsers that assert to bring the desktop experience to the hand, Skyfire appears to actually deliver. So, unlike the iPhone - to take one prominent example - Skyfire can pretty much handle most any Web site thrown at it. The reason: it supports all the important Web standards—including dynamic Flash, Quicktime, Windows Media, advanced Ajax, and Java—used in site development today, something the mobile version of Safari does not.

According to the company, the new version of Skyfire adds even more speed and ease to the picture. "Our users love media rich sites like MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and ESPN on Skyfire." explained company Adam Sexton in a statement. "And based on their input we added the most requested features and improved our user experience. Users can now find content more quickly with Super Bar, and can now easily share that content with anyone in their address book. "

Super Bar combines URL and search entry in one bar. It also features auto complete, so users can find what their looking for by only typing a few letters.

Skyfire also now lets users easily share their favorite web content with others. You can send any web page via text message to anyone in their address book or beyond.

In addition to bug fixes and general performance gains, the 0.8 version of Skyfire for Windows Mobile also adds the following:

 

Better video quality

 

Ability to make Skyfire the default browser

 

Faster launch and auto-reconnect

 

Improved zooming

 

Ability to download content

 

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Skyfire's started migrating current 0.6 users to the 0.8 version and will also allow new Windows Mobile users to download it directly.

The Web browser is also available in version 0.6 on the Symbian S60 platform. The 0.8 version will be released for Symbian shortly.