ok.

Empower-

pro
Free
Very fast
Small

con
still beta
1 or 2 minor bugs

Smartview-

pro-
completed(mostly)

con-
not free
slow (loading of images and HTML takes a while)
did i mention not free?

see the big thing that empower will have over smart view is it's size and THE FACT THAT ITS FREE. people dont realise, its the SAME PRODUCT - one is free, and the other is $25!

Not Free