At last, the Mozilla Foundation has released a Windows Mobile version of its Firefox web browser. Mozilla has announced the first milestone release of its mobile phone browser Fennec for Windows Mobile is now available for download. This pre-alpha release is intended to entice early adopters who can provide feedback and bug reports. The initial release of Fennec is limited to the HTC Touch Pro, relying on the device’s VGA screen, control layout, and hardware keyboard.
According to Mozilla Fennec, aka Firefox Mobile, will run on phones and other mobile devices using either x86 or ARM processors. It will gives users a “true web experience,” and includes a “bridge” aimed at helping users migrate cookies, bookmarks, history, form-fill data, and other information from their desktop browsers to their mobiles.
Brad Lassey of Mozilla on the current development status:
“Our focus to this point has been to have a working, usable browser. To get there in a hurry we have punted in a few places, and I’d like to point a couple of them out. First is the update mechanism (both for the browser itself and for extensions). After installing this release, you will not be offered updates automatically, so please stay tuned for follow up releases. Also, we have disabled plug-in support. This is one of our high priority items going forward. Finally, as I mentioned before, there is no soft keyboard support. On an HTC Touch Pro, you’ll have to slide out the keyboard to enter a url.”
Users can download the installation file to their device or install it using ActiveSync
