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Mozilla based browser for the Nokia Internet Tablet being developed

Categories: Linux, Nokia
By: , IntoMobile
Friday, July 20th, 2007 at 11:23 AM

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Some things I will never understand at Nokia. They push open source heavily, yet on a Linux based device they choose to go with a closed source browser built by Opera. Hopefully this maemo version of the rendering engine behind Firefox 3.0 will enable a better browsing experience than what the N800 currently offers. At the end of the day I think the processor inside the Internet Tablet’s are just too slow to render the full internet properly.

If you can’t do youtube, I don’t want you.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Milhouse

    Stefan… have you taken leave of your senses?

    Opera worked well on the N800 (and also 770) – both devices have sufficient horsepower to render the “full internet” – Nokia Internet tablets offer by far the best browsing experience compared with Windows Mobile and Palm devices.

    Sure, Opera has bugs which Opera seem pretty slow to fix so it’s good to see Nokia moving towards Mozilla and hopefully getting a better quality product (it’s looking damned good so far) which is open source to boot! :)

    And YouTube works well on the N800s following the most recent firmware update (6 July, v4.2007.26-8).