Where is the Flash Player?

[emacee]

The manual says the N85 has a Flash Player in the applications>media folder. It's not there. I tried to download and install Flash Lite but the phone won't let me (Error message says the application is "built in"). How do I access the Flash player?

[velikiveliki]

I've had the same problem. I couldn't solve it so I installed free SkyFire browser from Skyfire: Free mobile browser. The PC web on your phone. Real fast. and now I can see flash animations, youtube clips, etc.

[emacee]

Thanks. I use Skyfire and mostly like it. I was looking to see if the "stealth" Flash Player would work for playiing streaming audio. More and more, radio station websites are switching to Flash-based web players. Mostly, Skyfire plays them OK but Skyfire does not seem to recognize the player controls as links and the cursor won't effect them (often I can't even get the cursor positioned right over the control icon - like, for instance, the pause or play button). Core Player does play Flash video, but apparently not Flash audio. I am able to scope out the URL for the audio streams and I was hoping the Flash player would work better for what I want to do than Skyfire does.

[velikiveliki]

I've read somewhere that you suppose to get the new version of build-in Flash Player with the new firmware upgrade. I haven't check that yet coz I'm still on v11.047.

[dex338]

hi.. im new here.. can i download skyfire straight or using my n85?

[emacee]

Either way. Go to Skyfire.com. Click on download. You can either download to your desktop or enter your phone number and they will send a download link to your phone. Skyfire also appears in Ovi under applications.

[Flynny75]

Do you find Skyfire to be better than the Nokia browser? Better as in faster, uses less RAM, and doesnt crash as much? Im tempted, but need convincing =]

[emacee]

Skyfire is free. You can try and see for yourself what you think. For straight browsing, I don't see much difference between the Nokia browser and Skyfire. Skyfire's only advantage is (some) support for Flash. For just browsing, I lean toward Opera Mini (also free). It's faster and produces less cluttered pages that are easier to read on a small screen. I prefer it to Opera Mobile ($24.00) which seems more like Nokia's browser and Skyfire (except no Flash).

[Flynny75]

Originally Posted by emacee

Skyfire is free. You can try and see for yourself what you think. For straight browsing, I don't see much difference between the Nokia browser and Skyfire. Skyfire's only advantage is (some) support for Flash. For just browsing, I lean toward Opera Mini (also free). It's faster and produces less cluttered pages that are easier to read on a small screen. I prefer it to Opera Mobile ($24.00) which seems more like Nokia's browser and Skyfire (except no Flash).

Nice one! Just what I wanted, Thanks!