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christiansejersen.com - 12/11/2008
Fennec (Mobile Firefox) for Symbian
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Today we (Mozilla) are focusing our efforts in mobile on Linux and Windows Mobile devices. In Q3 2008 Symbian had 49.8% of the total smartphone sales (and 57% in Q2) according to Gartner compared to 11.1% for Windows Mobile and 7.2% for Linux. There are a few other platforms: iPhone, RIM and ...
tech.yahoo.com - 12/5/2008
AT&T Hopes for Single Smartphone OS (PC World) by PC World: Yahoo! Tech
— tech.yahoo.com — - AT hopes to standardize on a single operating system for AT smartphones as part of a "dramatic consolidation" of its mobile platforms over the next few years, a company executive said Thursday. The mobile operator believes smartphones will make up ... (more) AT&T Hopes for Single Smartphone OS (PC World) by  ...

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Mobile Firefox for Symbian in the works, planned completion in 2009
unwiredview.com - 12/16/2008
Mobile Firefox for Symbian in the works, planned completion in 2009
— unwiredview.com — How long do you think you’ll have to wait until you finally see a version of Mobile Firefox (or Fennec) running on your beloved Symbian device? 1 month? 1 year? Nope, the Mobile Firefox team is already working on it with Engineers from ... (more) Mobile Firefox for Symbian in the works, planned ...

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Smartphones: Symbian sinks under 50% share, Apple races past Windows Mobile
jkontherun.com - 12/6/2008
Smartphones: Symbian sinks under 50% share, Apple races past Windows Mobile
— jkontherun.com — A few months back, we looked at the worldwide smartphone market numbers and watched RIM jump past Windows Mobile. Mac OS X handset sales, i.e.: the iPhone, more than doubled year-over-year and perennial market leader Symbian was in danger of ... (more) Smartphones: Symbian sinks under 50% share, Apple races ...

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MobileCrunch:  Christian Sejersen confirms Mobile Firefox for S60 in the works

Celularis:  Comienza el proyecto de Firefox Mobile (Fennec) para Symbian

Forum Nokia Blogs:  Symbian getting open source friendly - almost there

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Christian Sejersen confirms Mobile Firefox for S60 in the works
MobileCrunch — ... Christian Sejersen, charged with heading up the engineering efforts for Mozilla mobile back in Oct. 2007, posted news of this new partnership on his personal blog today.  He cites recent marketshare stats to muster his argument in favor of this new direction: ...

Christian Sejersen confirms Mobile Firefox for Symbian in the works
MobileCrunch — ... Christian Sejersen, charged with heading up the engineering efforts for Mozilla mobile back in Oct. 2007, posted news of this new partnership on his personal blog today.  He cites recent marketshare stats to suppert his argument in favor of this new direction: ...

Comienza el proyecto de Firefox Mobile (Fennec) para Symbian
Celularis — ... “Para que Mozilla sea relevante en los smartphones necesitamos tener presencia en la plataforma Symbian“, aseguró Christian Sejersen, director de ingeniería móvil en Mozilla Mobile, en su blog. ...

Symbian getting open source friendly - almost there
Forum Nokia Blogs — ... been reported but I thought I'd do a quick summary and look at what's still needed. We had Open C/C++ to let us write standard C/C++ code on Symbian, now we've got Qt on the way too.  Thanks to another poster on the discussion boards I can now point to a public source that says we have GStreamer being ported to Symbian as well: http://www.scribd.com/doc/40648/S60-Extending-the-Internet-Ilari-Nurmi-Nokia (page 9).  As Paul reported on Thursday, Mobile Firefox is also coming to Symbian OS, and that should mean more libraries ...

Location-aware browsing on mobiles
Forum Nokia Blogs — ... and Bluetooth MAC addresses, and GSM/CDMA cell IDs. (... ) The Geolocation API in this specification builds upon earlier work in the industry."  Where's the catch? At the time of writing, the document has a status of informal proposal. Developers will be able to play with the API in the upcoming beta releases of Firefox 3.1, as well as alpha releases of Fennec (Mozilla Firefox web browser for mobile devices like Maemo based N810 or S60). Developers can also try Firefox 3 and Geode add-on that provides an early ...

Fennec/Mobile Firefox coming to Symbian S60 in 2009
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — Until recently, Mozilla focused its energy to release Fennec i.e. Firefox mobile for Linux and Windows Mobile device. Now they said they’ll also release their browser for Symbian S60 platform. As a matter of fact, the development has officially started and the browser should be released during next year. From Christian Sejersen’s blog: Today we (Mozilla) are focusing our efforts in mobile on Linux and Windows Mobile devices. In Q3 2008 Symbian had 49.8% of the total smartphone sales (and 57% in Q2) according to ...

Mobile Firefox for Symbian in the works, planned completion in 2009
Unwired View — ... Firefox team is already working on it with Engineers from Symbian, and together they plan to finish the project by April 2009. The two teams are working on the Symbian version while work on other platforms is also carried out. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Symbian port gets the most attention, since if they’re aiming for market presence, Firefox Mobile better be available on the smartphone platform with the largest number of sales. In a post on his blog, Christian Sejersen also admits this to an extent: In Q3 ...

Firefox Mobile Coming to Symbian in April [Firefox Mobile]
Gizmodo — Firefox Mobile, already on Windows Mobile and Linux, is coming to Symbian in April, reveals Firefox's Christian Sejersen. Totally out of the picture are BlackBerry, iPhone and Android, unfortunately. [Christian Sejersen via UnwiredView] ...

Firefox Mobile Slated for Symbian Phones in April [Firefox]
Lifehacker — [image] Mozilla engineer Christian Sejersen announced today that Firefox Mobile (codename Fennec) will be released for Symbian phones by the end of April, 2009 complete with full browsing features. The bad news: Sejersen says we shouldn't plan on seeing Firefox Mobile on the iPhone, BlackBerrys, or Android any time soon due to "technical or licensing reasons." If you're curious about what Firefox Mobile will offer once it's released, check out our ...

Firefox Mobile (Fennec) for Symbian phones coming in 2009
Obsessable News Feed — ... A Mozilla developer named Christian Sejersen revealed on his blog that some smart folks are starting work on a Symbian version of Fennec to run through much of 2009. No exact release date was given, but it looks like you'll be able to use some version of the browser on your Symbian phone by the end of next year. ...

Firefox Mobile for Symbian coming in 2009
Download Squad — ... devices so far. But around 50% of all the Smartphones in the world actually run the Symbian mobile operating system. So it should come as no surprise that Mozilla is also working on a version for Symbian phones. ...

Mobile Firefox (Fennec) being developed for Symbian
Engadget Mobile — ... We can't be certain, but we're fairly sure we just heard the remnants of a million celebratory shouts from Symbian users the world over. ...

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