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Mozilla Hitting 'Brick Walls' Getting Firefox on Phones

Posted by Zonk on from the watch-dino-hit-brick-wall dept.

meteorit writes "Mozilla has been working on a mobile version of Firefox since last year, and is now looking to repeat the success of Firefox on the PC. Although development seems not to have been completed, it is known that informal negotiations have already started with mobile network operators. Firefox Mobile is scheduled to be launched by the end of the year and the inaugural version will be compatible with the Linux and Windows Mobile operating systems. Work is already underway to determine what the browser's UI will look like. In the meantime those negotiations seem to be hitting 'brick walls', as cellphone operators resist the intrusion of the open web onto their platforms."

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  1. Don't forget the iPhone by stokessd · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There's certainly room for it on the iPhone as well. Safari is all nice, but I would like adblock on it, especially on the edge network when every byte counts.

    Sheldon

  2. Re:As of now by pas256 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The question is, why even both with the carriers... Firefox should be going straight to the manufacturers!