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Mozilla Is Eyeing Your Phone

Posted by timothy on from the convergence-cometh dept.

Slatterz writes "Mozilla is planning to develop a browser for mobile phones by 2010. Mitchell Baker, chairman of the Mozilla Foundation, has been laying out her plans for the organisation over the next two years. Baker also committed to expanding the role of Firefox and building on its market share, while developing new browser technology such as the Aurora project. Mozilla has already stated that it is working on a mobile version of Firefox, but has never set a timeframe for release."

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  1. If Opera can't... by PhotoGuy · · Score: 0, Troll

    If Opera (who makes a fast browser with no visible memory/cpu problems) can't make a mobile browser that doesn't die on "out of memory" on *every* page on my HTC SmartPhone, then what chance does Mozilla (the king of memory leaks and runaway CPU) have? I'd sure love to see a lean, mean, mobile Mozilla, but I have some serious doubts if they can pull it off.

    The latest Opera mobile truly is unusable on my Windows Mobile smart phone (due to the out-of-memory-thing) which was quite disappointing to me. I've yet to come across a good mobile browsing experience, other than on an iPhone (which I won't buy due to price, lack of open app distribution, and insane data plans from Rogers). Sigh...

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