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Firefox Mobile Reaches 1.0

Posted by timothy on from the how's-it-handle-baroque-javascript dept.

Majix writes "Firefox Mobile, the mobile browser developed by Mozilla based on the same engine as in the recently released Firefox 3.6, has finally hit version 1.0. The first device to be officially supported is the Nokia N900. With a long list of features, Firefox Mobile looks to be the most complete mobile browser to date. Highlights include the familiar Awesome Bar, Weave Sync for sharing your browser state between your PC and mobile, and of course tabbed browsing and Firefox add-ons. With the Nokia 900 and Firefox Mobile 1.0, even Flash content including the normal YouTube site is working, showing that a mobile browser does not have to equal a compromised Internet experience."

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  1. ??? Ok then... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Firefox Mobile looks to be the most complete mobile browser to date."

    Perhaps if you ignore Opera, Safari and Netfront.. Otherwise, from what I have seen, it mostly sucks pretty bad...

  2. Re:Symbian by ducomputergeek · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It would never be allowed on the iPhone. Apple prohibits any apps that complete with their offerings. So no browsers other than Safari. That being said, why didn't they target blackberry first?

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  3. Re:How about the iPad? by Lifyre · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And he answered the GGP's question.

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  4. You fail... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Um, you're confusing Opera Mini with Opera Mobile, which is a full browser.

  5. Re:One device? by quenda · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually, it is worse. They support the one and only mobile phone which does not need it.
    The N900 already has an excellent mozilla-based web browser in MicroB. Fennec is very slow in comparison, and unlike to get much acceptance in it's current form.
    (what the n900 needs is a half-decent maps program, or a better mail client, or jave-ME, ... not another browser.)