My favorite Android browser is... something you may not have heard of!

Dolphin is what a good Android browser should look like

So as you've likely seen, Google is finally releasing a mobile version of Chrome for Android, albeit on a very limited basis.  This is good news for a lot of reasons, the chief being that the default Android browser is pretty boring and nowhere near up to Chrome's standards.  The folks at Opera have predictably been all like, "Uh-UH!  You don't need no Chrome browser to have a first-rate browsing experience on Android!  We've been there for years!"

But I've actually found a browser that I like better than both of 'em so far -- Dolphin!  I've written about them here (for some reason the story is no longer on Network World, hence a link to an Australian pub), but to recap what I like about 'em the most: First, the customization.  There are so many different extensions you can get for the browser that can prove extremely useful.  My two favorites are the Wikipedia instant-search and an app kill switch that will shut down all apps besides Dolphin on your smartphone.  And unlike the oh-so-lame Android default browser, Dolphin does a good job of utilizing tabs  and of integrating swipe capabilities that take you directly to your booksmarks and history.

At any rate, I think Dolphin is a blast to browse with and it's free to download.  Give it a shot if you're so inclined.

• Smartphones
• Android
• Chrome
• Dolphin
• Google
• mobile browsers