Mozilla Claims its Mobile Browser Will Make App Stores Obsolete

By: Angela Soric

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Mozilla, the creator of Firefox claims to have created a browser for the Smartphone that will make the app store obsolete.

Scheduled for the end of this year, the Firefox mobile browser, codename “Fennec”, claims to have the fastest JavaScript engine of any mobile browser.

Features will allow developers to produce HTML and JavaScript coded apps for Fennec rather than creating the same application for various Smartphone platforms including the iPhone OS, Google Android and Windows Mobile.

Mozilla is initially releasing its browser on Nokia’s N900 handset, with versions for Windows Mobile and Android set to follow next year. The mobile version will contain many of the same features as the PC version, including support for browser add-ons and multiple tabs.

“In the interim period, apps will be very successful,” said Jay Sullivan, vice president of Mozilla’s mobile division, in an interview with PC Pro. “Over time, the web will win because it always does.”

Posted Monday, December 21st, 2009 under Android Apps, Apple, Blackberry, Blackberry Apps, Droid, Mobile Commerce, Mobile retail, Palm Pre, Smartphone, Technology, iPhone, iPhone Apps.