Mozilla released an updated version of Fennec, its mobile browser for Nokia’s N900 and Google Android devices. Along with improved JavaScript performance, the web client includes Firefox Sync so users can seamlessly have access to bookmarks, passwords and open tabs between the desktop and smartphone. Read More »
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Is there room for another browser on Android? Mozilla says yes with the first experimental release of Fennec for Android. I took it for a spin and it looks promising. But why does Mozilla want its browser on smartphones? The answer has to do with desktops. Read More »
Mozilla’s new Firefox for Maemo is an impressive new mobile browser designed to provide a seamless experience for users across phones and PCs. But in an era built on smartphone apps and app stores, can a browser-based strategy win? Read More »
Firefox Mobile, aka Fennec, doesn’t exactly have an aggressive rollout strategy, but what’s already very cool about the browser is that it has add-ons from outside developers. Here are highlights from some of the 40 or so mobile add-ons already built. Read More »
Time released its list of the top gadgets of the year, and the Droid rings in on top. The Droid was chosen for being the first Android phone deemed good enough to be an iPhone competitor. Plus, Opera Mobile and Mobile Fennec are coming to Android. Read More »
Mozilla is putting the finishing touches on a final version of Fennec, a version of its Firefox browser for mobile phones. As Mozilla tries to play catch-up in the world of mobile browsers, Android devices will play a key role. Read More »
Sure, you’re up on Android smartphones and perhaps other Linux-based phone platforms, but the freewheeling world of open source includes many hugely useful telephony applications and platforms that are more unusual. There are useful offerings for businesses and consumers, and you can download and… Read More »
With little or no chance of ever being able to make it through the draconian approval process of Apple’s iTunes App Store, Mozilla, the not-for-profit organization behind the Firefox browser, is betting on two major, if emerging, mobile operating platforms: Maemo, Nokia’s new Linux-based operating system,… Read More »
For much of this decade, Mozilla and its Firefox browser were the upstarts, out to beat the big, bad Microsoft and its Internet Explorer browser. Firefox, the descendant of Netscape, the browser that helped jump-start the web revolution, was nimble and it was secure — something… Read More »
