There will be a version of Firefox for mobile phones

After being very successful in changing the web browser market for PC, Mozilla is now preparing to attack the mobile browser field. It is expected that the mobile version of Firefox will be available in the market early next year.

One clear evidence that Mozilla is very interested in the mobile browser sector is that the company recently hired two reputable mobile application software developers to participate in its ambitious project. .

Former director of browser development project Openwave Christian Sejersen was invited to head the technical department for developing mobile Firefox browsers. Former researcher of France Telecom, Brad Lassey, is now a colleague of Sejersen.

The emergence of the iPhone smartphone can be said to revive Mozilla's interest in mobile browser products. ' The need for a full-featured mobile browser product is real. If any company has never been interested in this area before, it probably has the opposite attitude towards the arrival of the iPhone , 'said Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla's vice president of engineering.

Currently Mozilla is providing a Minimo web browser version exclusively for Nokia N800. Some other mobile devices can also run this browser version. However, Mozilla claims it wants a completely new version of Firefox mobile and builds a more solid position for the browser in the mobile arena.

Firefox Mobile will operate no differently than the PC version, fully integrated with support for XUL and extension applications. In addition Mozilla will focus on a number of migration options such as allowing users to easily synchronize browser settings, bookmarks . between mobile browser and browser for PC.

Mozilla has yet to disclose the timeframe for the release of the mobile version of Firefox, but only said it will be available in early 2008, after Firefox 3 has been finalized.

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