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Firefox for Mobile Beta now available... if you own a Nokia N810 or N900
It might be buggy, it might be slow, but the Fennec web browser has finally been branded a Mozilla product and dubbed the 'Firefox for Mobile Beta 5'. If you want to see a picture of it up and running on a mobile handset, head on over to the NokiaExperts website.
Here's a quick run-down of the features and neat bits:
- AWESOMEBAR -- I had no idea it was actually called this. It's the searching-url-navigation-bar thing. I wonder how slow it searches through my web history, compared to the sluggish performance on my laptop...
- Security -- password manager, pop-up blocker, automatic updates -- all there!
- Add-ons -- you can find and install add-ons straight to the device (though I have no idea what kind of add-on compatibility there is...)
- Device geolocation -- it seems there's a JavaScript API call that lets developers/web sites geolocate the handset? Cool.
- Neat swiping stuff -- swipe left and right to expose and hide navigation and tabs.
[via NokiaExperts]
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsCamNov 10th 2009 11:05AM
Good luck getting it on the iPhone. Can you say duplicate functionality?
Would love to see this on Android, though.
OskieeNov 10th 2009 11:08AM
:O( What about android?
KarloNov 10th 2009 11:15AM
The thing I have lying here is a N900. Guess you mean that one. ;)
Sebastian AnthonyNov 10th 2009 11:16AM
I added an extra zero to make it sound cooler!
JonNov 10th 2009 11:25AM
Blackberry? iPhone? Ahem! Android here. The browser on my Droid Eris is pretty good, but I'd love to see what an Android version of Firefox would look like.
Sebastian AnthonyNov 10th 2009 11:26AM
Ah yes... 100,000 DROID owners are now potential readers of DLS...!
I guess we better start including Android when we list various phones, eh? :)
RawkerNov 10th 2009 12:50PM
"Awesome! Now when do we see it on a device with larger-than-miniscule user base?"
you do realize the symbian phones make up 50% of the smart phone market, thats more than iphone and blackberry combined.
Sebastian AnthonyNov 10th 2009 12:55PM
These two new Nokias don't use a Symbian OS. They use 'Maemo Linux', whatever that is.
RawkerNov 10th 2009 1:03PM
i am corrected...
Roman TaycherNov 10th 2009 4:19PM
N800 isn't that new(and not a phone). They both run Maemo Linux, which is Linux, it uses mostly the same technology as desktop Linux (with a few changes and stuff on top plus some proprietary Nokia applications)basically sort of like desktop Linux (especially Debian/Ubuntu) is to maemo as OS x is to iphone OS.
Also I believe symbian is an eventual target although the order of development goes maemo->windows mobile->others(symbian, possibly android) and hasn't gotten an alpha yet.