Mozilla has Announced the First Beta Versions of Firefox 4 for Mobile Phones

Mozilla has released the first beta version of Firefox 4.0 to the two mobile platforms - Android and Nokia Maemo. 4 New Firefox Mobile version will work only for devices running Android 2.0 update or later. In case you get confused with the name Mozilla has stated that Fennec is the codename for Mozilla's mobile Firefox project, and is the official product name. Firefox 4 beta 1 for Android and Maemo devices contain the same technologies used in Firefox 4 for desktop computers.



Mozilla has released the first beta versions of Firefox 4 for mobile phones. Versions are available for download on Android-based smartphone and the Nokia N900, said Mozilla in the blog post on Thursday. It has been tested on Nexus, HTC's Desire and EVO 4G, and Motorola's second Droid Firefox development team is to keep silent when the final version will be available only to say "Firefox 4 Beta software will update regularly, so you can test new features or changes, and will eventually upgrade to the final release. "

Before we get to my impression, but here's the background. Mozilla is trying to reach the rapidly growing and increasingly mobile world with its "Fennec" version of Firefox. Today this market is dominated by browsers based on open source WebKit project, including those built into the IOS, Android, WebOS, and Bada browsers and comes with the BlackBerry OS. Overall, Firefox for Android a reasonable first attempt. It's good it's so important mobile computing has become, and Android's recovery in this domain.