Last night the browser skyfire for iDevices was launched in the AppStore, but unfortunately the application did not last more than 5 hours before it was permanently withdrawn by Apple at APPLICATION to SkyFire. The browser was so successful that just a few minutes after its publication in the AppStore, SkyFire's servers could barely cope with converting the flash content for all those who had bought the application. I'm sure that the people from SkyFire did not expect that their application would be bought by so many people and more than likely the infrastructure prepared by them was quickly overloaded by the repeated requests. Unfortunately, the application was hacked just a few minutes after its launch, so many people had access to its services without actually paying a penny, and this probably put SkyFire in trouble.
In the 5 hours of its "presence" in the AppStore, Skyfire became the application with the most sales over time in the top of certain AppStores, it was on the 3rd place in the utilities category and on the 3rd place in the top of the most bought applications in the last hours. You probably remember that immediately after the launch of the Opera browser in the AppStore, people rushed to download it and the application recorded 1 million downloads in just a few days after its launch, and history is now repeating itself with SkyFire, which is enjoying extraordinary success. It is not known when we will have the application available again in the AppStore, but I for one do not miss it, do you?
Skyfire Becomes Top Grossing iPhone App in App Store and Sells Out of Inventory in Five Hours
Historic demand forces mobile browsers to halt new sales and expand server capacity within hours of availability
Mountain View - Skyfire, the first iPhone browser that plays video designed for Adobe Flash Player, is announcing that they have sold out of inventory within five hours of its public launch.
Skyfire for iPhone has been received with overwhelming enthusiasm — far beyond internal projections. The result: the company is currently sold out of its first batch of Skyfire for the iPhone and is temporarily not accepting new purchases. The company is working to increase capacity and will be accepting new purchases from the Apple App StoreSM soon.
Skyfire is assuring users that the app's sold out status was a temporary measure taken by Skyfire, and was not the decision of Apple, Inc., which has approved the app.
The app, previously available in the Apple App StoreSM for $2.99, bridges one major gap between Apple and Adobe technologies, enabling consumers to view millions of previously unavailable videos designed for Flash Player on Apple iOS devices.
The company which became the top grossing app in iTunes today ahead of popular titles like Angry Birds, experienced overwhelming consumer demand for its browser within hours of going live. The company is no stranger to consumer demand for its products as its Android browser generated over one million downloads in its first few months.
"Skyfire has historically generated high demand for its browser products but nothing like this," states Skyfire CEO Jeffrey Glueck. "It was hard to predict consumer demand since this was our first paid app, but we were blown away by the demand and sales."
The company plans to open another batch of its iPhone application in the near future. It recommends interested customers follow the company on Twitter @skyfire or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/GetSkyfire.iPhone for the new availability batch.
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