Comments on: Firefox Mobile for Android in 2010 — for WinMo, Who Knows?

By: Katrina P

Katrina P — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:29:56 +0000

I can see why the Mozilla team abandoned the Windows Mobile port. It was obvious, even a year ago, that Windows Mobile was at end-of-life status.

But porting to Microsoft's next mobile OS, WP7S, is also a difficult decision for Mozilla. This far out, it is impossible to say whether or not WP7S will be a success or failure.

Maybe Mozilla will wait it out a bit, to gauge whether WP7S receives the necessary support it would require to make it viable.

By: She Devil

She Devil — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:37:28 +0000

I would hold off on doing any work for W7 Phone Series (aka ZuneOS) since MS is all over the map with that beast.

Do you really wanna play with tiles and hubs and stuff. Better to see if Redmond gains any traction with their new phones first as this is probably Microsoft's last chance to get above single digit marketshare in the mobile phone space.

Don't forget while MS pours billion$ into phone development the House of Google (Android) and House of Apple (iPhone) are getting ready for significant updates to their phone ordinance. It could get very ugly for Microsoft very very quickly. droid out.

By: Denkie

Denkie — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:53:47 +0000

To develop any software for Windows Mobile at this stage wouldn't be a wise allocation of resources.

Nobody knows if Microsoft's next 'Windows Phone Seven Series' platform will gain any traction. Having Zune-like features is no guarantee (The Zune itself failed, and could not compete against iPod). There's a lot of uncertainty.

I can see why Mozilla has put all its resources towards Android first.