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Dolphin Browser HD

Posted Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 11:08 am by Antonio Wells 10 Comments

User Rating4.04/5

Dolphin Browser HD is a brand new version of Dolphin Browser, the most popular browser on Android market. Powerful, Fast & Elegant. Only applicable on Android 2.0+ platform. Features: Versatile Add-ons, Multi-touch Pinch Zoom, Thumbnails Flick Menu, Tabbed Browsing, YouTube Downloader, Gesture URL Commander, Bookmarks Sorting.

Price: Free

AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:

Pros & Cons:

Pros

• Android mobile web browser with more features user experience enhancements over the default Android web browser
• Android App Recommendations powered by AndroidTapp.com
• AndroidTapp.com RSS feed via Add-on (many more add-ons like Google Services, Facebook Share, Bookmarks Widget, Read It Later, Twitter Share, Del.icio.us Bookmarks and more)
• Tabbed browsing with swipe
• Multi-touch Pinch Zoom
• Gestures as shortcuts for common commands
• Add Themes

Cons

• Update: Google requested YouTube Downloader feature removed
• Only available for Android 2.0+ phones
• Slower load times between menus

Features:

Dolphin Browser HD Android App is the successor to popular Dolphin Browser. Featuring all of this mobile web browser plus so much more; swipe through Tabs, supports multi-touch Pinch Zoom, full screen browsing with many options tucked in menus, Gesture Shortcuts for bookmarks, browser controls, Add-ons and a lot more, skin your browser with Themes, and downloadable Add-ons of third party services. All this goodness is only available for Android 2.0+ phones (but that’s reason enough to upgrade to a new phone right?).

Directly from the homepage of Dolphin Browser and Dolphin Browser HD you’ll find many Android App Recommendations powered by AndroidTapp.com. This helps consumers find the best Android Apps with ease.

• Google Services: List most of Google services (Google Search, G-Mail, G-Maps, G-Talk, YouTube…etc.)
• Facebook Share: Share the links and comments with your friends on Facebook.
• Bookmarks Widget: 3×3 widget, display your favorite bookmarks on your home screen.
• Read It Later: Saves your one read wonders with Read it later. Save pages to read later with just one click.  Synchronize the list wherever you are.
• Twitter Share: Tweet the page you are looking at to twitter easily.
• Del.icio.us Bookmarks: Convenient for local management. Automatically post the bookmark to del.icio.us. Read yours and your friends shared bookmarks.
• Androidandme.com RSS: Provide the RSS subscription from AndroidAndMe.com.

Video Review: Dolphin Browser HD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnOI0QY4ZwU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jADCTGrS3w

Usefulness:

Dolphin Browser HD is both cool with upgraded feature sets as well as useful for its core capabilities as a mobile web browser.

Ease of Use:

If you’ve used Dolphin Browser, then HD should be similar except many options are hidden in menus as to give the webpage you’re browsing more room. Below are a few common questions when using Dolphin Browser HD:

Android Advice™: How to use Gestures

Tap the Gestures icon, typically in the bottom left/right, draw a gesture with your figure and the app executes. Be sure to get familiar with the preset gestures or create your own!

Android Advice™: How to set Dolphin Browser HD as my default web browser

If more than 2 web browsers are detected, Android will present the choice every time until you check “Set as Default” then select the app.

Frequently Used:

If set as default web browser, this app would be used every time you browsed the Internet.

Interface:

Dolphin Browser HD takes on a whole new graphical face lift with charcoal glassy theme by default. Be sure to check out other themes available for the browser.

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