Comments on: Mozilla negotiating with carriers – Firefox Mobile set to launch by year-end http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/03/mozilla-negotiating-with-carriers-firefox-mobile-set-to-launch-by-year-end.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:24:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: jouni http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/03/mozilla-negotiating-with-carriers-firefox-mobile-set-to-launch-by-year-end.html/comment-page-1/#comment-168612 jouni Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:34:35 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/03/mozilla-negotiating-with-carriers-firefox-mobile-set-to-launch-by-year-end.html#comment-168612 Creating a new mobile browser is not as easy as people would think. It's a question of in-device connectivity. You can create a web/wap/imode browser, connect to internet and view most of the pages - but usually you need more. You want to download and upload files, use multimedia codecs, launch browser from external apps, embed browser into other apps, launch other apps from browser, support as many URI schemes as possible (http, https, file, tel, telnet, mailto, fax, wtai, ftp, sms), use connectivity (WLAN, BT, IrDA, WCDMA, GPRS, CSD), support DRM, MMC, microphone, camera etc. jne. usw. osv. stb... Opera has greate browser, Mozilla is using same WebKit as Nokia. Neither one will ever be able to integrate as deeply into the phone as Nokia in-house team. If you want to browser websites, you can choose. If you want to use browser in a phone, there's no competition. Creating a new mobile browser is not as easy as people would think. It’s a question of in-device connectivity.

You can create a web/wap/imode browser, connect to internet and view most of the pages – but usually you need more. You want to download and upload files, use multimedia codecs, launch browser from external apps, embed browser into other apps, launch other apps from browser, support as many URI schemes as possible (http, https, file, tel, telnet, mailto, fax, wtai, ftp, sms), use connectivity (WLAN, BT, IrDA, WCDMA, GPRS, CSD), support DRM, MMC, microphone, camera etc. jne. usw. osv. stb…

Opera has greate browser, Mozilla is using same WebKit as Nokia. Neither one will ever be able to integrate as deeply into the phone as Nokia in-house team.

If you want to browser websites, you can choose. If you want to use browser in a phone, there’s no competition.

]]> By: Peng http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/03/mozilla-negotiating-with-carriers-firefox-mobile-set-to-launch-by-year-end.html/comment-page-1/#comment-168414 Peng Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:16:42 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2008/03/03/mozilla-negotiating-with-carriers-firefox-mobile-set-to-launch-by-year-end.html#comment-168414 How is it a supposedly professional tech site still doesn't know how Firefox is spelled? The source you got the story from spells it right, and the graphic you use has the proper spelling of it. Is your editor asleep at the switch when he reads your copy? Get the little details right and I'll see about paying more attention to your site and overlooking the fact that your sidebar is twice as long as your article. When I was checking the sidebar out I was shocked it wasn't filled with ads, but when you can't spell something as simple as Firefox right I don't know if I want to see what else you get wrong. How is it a supposedly professional tech site still doesn’t know how Firefox is spelled? The source you got the story from spells it right, and the graphic you use has the proper spelling of it. Is your editor asleep at the switch when he reads your copy? Get the little details right and I’ll see about paying more attention to your site and overlooking the fact that your sidebar is twice as long as your article. When I was checking the sidebar out I was shocked it wasn’t filled with ads, but when you can’t spell something as simple as Firefox right I don’t know if I want to see what else you get wrong.

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