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Firefox 4 Beta 2 for Mobile is here, looking much thinner
While the final release of Firefox 4 was pushed back to next year, the mobile version seems to be coming along quite nicely. Today Mozilla released the second beta for Firefox 4 for Mobile, with a few noticeable improvements over the first one. The biggest improvement to Beta 2 is the much smaller size. Mozilla more »
The newest Firefox 4 beta is out… for smartphones
Mozilla has been rolling out new betas for Firefox rather quickly these days. The improvements made to Firefox 4 have been quite impressive so far, and now some of those improvements are making their way to your Maemo and Android smartphones. Formerly known as Fennec, Firefox 4 Beta for mobile has hit the beta stage, more »
Moblin and Maemo merge to form MeeGo
If you believe Intel, Moblin until now has been the future of Linux-based netbooks. On the same note, until now Nokia has been pushing Maemo as the new hotness for Linux-based smartphones. Today at Mobile World Congress, the two companies have announced a joint program to merge the two platforms to make one mobile OS more »
Nokia releasing Symbian V3, Maemo 6 in second half of year
Nokia has yet to catch up in the US smartphone market, though it could be argued that they don’t need to. Most of the complaints against the companies phones are that they aren’t subsidized by carriers, and lack capacitive screens and multitouch features. With Google introducing multitouch to the Nexus One, this is even more more »
Firefox Mobile 1.0 makes its debut on the Nokia N900 Maemo platform
Earlier this month, release candidates of Firefox Mobile for Nokia N900 started to show up, now Firefox Mobile 1.0 has finally arrived! The mobile version retains all functionalities of the Awesome Bar (just like in the desktop version), and also features WeaveSync, a tool to synchronize information like history, bookmarks and passwords between your desktop more »
Firefox Mobile RC1 released for Nokia N900
Remember the Fennec? In case you forgot, Fennec is another name for Firefox Mobile. It won’t be long before the final version of Firefox Mobile arrives. With the release of the first release candidate version, Nokia N900 is the first to get its hands on Firefox Mobile RC1. The RC1 runs on mobile devices running more »
Amazon lowers Nokia N900 price down to $480
Though it is still not yet ready to ship, potential customers can at least take some pleasure in knowing that Amazon has lowered the price of the Nokia N900 down to $479.99. Granted I would still say this is a little on the pricey side, but its hard to argue that $480 sounds much better more »
Nokia N900 Internet tablet shipping has begun
The last we heard was that the Nokia N900 Internet tablet was being delayed until November. Well thankfully, at least for those waiting, November has arrived and with that the N900 has begun shipping. This news comes courtesy of Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, which means that those who pre-ordered should be expecting an update to more »
Confirmed: The Nokia N900 will be delayed until November
Anyone who may have been holding out hope of actually having their hands on the Nokia N900 are going to have a little while longer to wait. That said, this news while annoying may have a nice outcome in the long run. First off, the bad — Nokia has confirmed that the N900 will not more »
Palm to go public or get bought by Nokia?
Rumors swirled over Nokia’s potential purchase of Palm which sent Palm’s stock up and caused analysts to take a step back to see how this might play out. If Nokia is shelling out the cash for Palm, estimated at a $3 Billion deal, then it must have a very real problem. The problem: entry into more »















