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Firefox: Mobile Version 'Days Away'

  • BBC, Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:52 PM
The launch of Mozilla Firefox's first mobile phone version is just "days away," according to a project head at the popular Web browser maker. Codenamed Fennec, the browser will initially be available for Nokia's N900 phone, with other handsets to follow. In particular, Mozilla is presently developing versions for Microsoft's Windows mobile and Google's Android operating system.

The open-source browser will be able to synchronize with the desktop version so that when Web pages are opened in a user's desktop browser, they will automatically open to their mobile counterpart. Explaining the rationale for such a feature, a Firefox project head told The BBC, "At the end of the working day you can walk away from your computer and keep on going on your phone." Presently, Apple only allows browsers based on its Webkit engine, which is used to power its Safari browser, to be loaded on to the iPhone.

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