Firefox Mobile Reaches 1.0 198
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."
Re:How about the iPad? (Score:5, Informative)
"We do not have plans to build an iPhone browser due to constraints with the OS environment and distribution. "
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms [mozilla.org]
Re:Nokia N900 win (Score:3, Informative)
Really? Because when I view Flash content, I get a message from Adobe saying that it's coming in early 2010. (Motorola Droid, Android 2.0.1)
Re:One device? (Score:5, Informative)
Check https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms [mozilla.org] for more info
Re:Symbian (Score:3, Informative)
Mozilla has already stated that a BlackBerry port won't happen or if it does, it's at the bottom of the priority list. The BB OS isn't powerful enough to handle it, apparently. http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/11/09/mozilla-rules-out-firefox-for-iphone-and-blackberry/ [electricpig.co.uk]
Re:Nokia N810? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:??? Ok then... (Score:2, Informative)
There are Symbian and Windows Mobile versions.
First impressions (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Symbian (Score:3, Informative)
Android has a native development kit so you can use languages other than Java. It is just primarily designed to use Java.
Re:I want one... (Score:4, Informative)
I never even considered actually "buying" a cellphone. I basically only carried one for emergencies and was satisfied with whatever came with the service. That was until I heard about the N900. I've had mine for over a month now and I got to say, the thing just rocks and was worth every penny.
Not only does it all the features you would expect from a smartphone such as web browsing, playing media, shooting pictures and video etc., but it also can receive and transmit FM radio and has TV out.
As far as software goes, besides what's available in the standard, extras, and testing repos, after installing an "EasyDebian" chroot you can run just about anything on it. I haven't carried my laptop since I bought the thing.
Re:Nokia N900 win (Score:3, Informative)
I don't know where you got that idea, but Android has no Flash support to date. There were promises of support for all Android phones by the end of 2009. Current word is that it'll be out by the end of the first half of 2010, for Android 2 phones only.
Re:First impressions (Score:2, Informative)
You also can't use long press to open a menu on a link. No portrait mode, no drag from left to hover, no select mode.
Until Firefox implements these, I'll stick with the Maemo browser.
Re:Nokia N900 win (Score:4, Informative)
The N900 is nice, but the price is a bit off putting for the masses.
The price only seems high because you can't get it subsidized by a carrier (at least as far as I know in the US). If you look at the regular retail prices of most Android phones and the iPhone, you'll find that they're in the same range as the N900. If you get service from T-Mobile, you can even save $10 per month if you don't get a subsidized phone, so if you put that $240 (or more, if you plan on keeping the phone more than two years), towards the price of the phone, it's the equivalent of a $300 subsidized phone.
Re:Nokia N900 win (Score:2, Informative)
Very low entry price.