14 DAY TRIAL // The famous Firefox developer Mozilla is now working on a mobile flavor of the web-browser which would be able to work on most of the handheld devices available on the market. If we analyze the decision a little bit, it is pretty obvious because the world is changing, the mobile industry evolving a lot in the recent period.
Most of the mobile consumers aim to access their email or other web services straight from their devices. Just look at the Internet giants Google and Yahoo which struggle to expand their offerings into the mobile market. Mozilla confirmed the mobile version of Firefox and sustained the building process will start soon.
"Short summary: we are serious about bringing the Firefox experience and technology to mobile devices," it was mentioned in the introduction of Mozilla blog post. In case you don't know, Firefox already runs on Nokia N800 but the software company wants even more and prepares a version of the application which would be compatible with most devices.
But the interesting fact is that the mobile Firefox will be very similar with the PC version which I'm sure you know can be 100 percent configured using themes and extensions. "Wouldn't it be great if your bookmarks, history, extensions, etc. from Firefox on your computer just worked on your phone?" it is mentioned in the post.
If you're curios to find out the release date of the mobile Firefox, I feel sorry to disappoint you and say the browser is not going to be launched this year but it might come sometime next year. Firefox 3, the long-awaited version of the application, will be available only for PC as Mozilla plans to design a separate mobile solution for the handheld owners.
At this time, Opera Mini is one of the most popular solutions available for the mobile devices. Even if the PC version of the application didn't manage to challenge the market's leaders, Firefox and Internet Explorer, it leads the mobile battle which might have some new participants very soon.