Mozilla readying mobile browser for Symbian OS
LONDON — Open-source software development initiative Mozilla expects to finalize development of its mobile Firefox browser on the Symbian platform by the middle of next year, according to a blog post by Christian Sejersen, Mozilla's director of mobile engineering.
In the project , the Symbian OS based browser is being referred to as Fennec.
Earlier this year, the company said it is in informal talks with mobile operators about its free Mobile Firefox browser. At the time, Mozilla said it would release mobile browsers for the Linux and Windows Mobile operating systems.
"In Q3 2008 Symbian had 49.8 percent of the total smartphone sales (and 57 percent in Q2) according to Gartner compared to 11.1 percent for Windows Mobile and 7.2 percent for Linux," Sejersen said on the blog. "So in order for Mozilla to be relevant in the smartphone space we need to have a presence on the Symbian platform."
He outlined a development plan for Fennec going into 2009. Fennec compiling and linking should be complete by the end of January; basic browsing should be possible by the end of February; full browsing by the end of April and initial testing and product development at some later date.
In the same blog post, Sejersen said, "There are a few other platforms: iPhone, RIM and Android that have or are gaining market share, where we for technical or licensing reasons can't be deployed."
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In the project , the Symbian OS based browser is being referred to as Fennec.
Earlier this year, the company said it is in informal talks with mobile operators about its free Mobile Firefox browser. At the time, Mozilla said it would release mobile browsers for the Linux and Windows Mobile operating systems.
"In Q3 2008 Symbian had 49.8 percent of the total smartphone sales (and 57 percent in Q2) according to Gartner compared to 11.1 percent for Windows Mobile and 7.2 percent for Linux," Sejersen said on the blog. "So in order for Mozilla to be relevant in the smartphone space we need to have a presence on the Symbian platform."
He outlined a development plan for Fennec going into 2009. Fennec compiling and linking should be complete by the end of January; basic browsing should be possible by the end of February; full browsing by the end of April and initial testing and product development at some later date.
In the same blog post, Sejersen said, "There are a few other platforms: iPhone, RIM and Android that have or are gaining market share, where we for technical or licensing reasons can't be deployed."
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