The release of Firefox 4 for desktop platforms may have overshadowed the significant release candidate of Firefox Mobile, AKA Fennec – the one for Android and Maemo. Like desktop operating systems, the mobile ones come with built-in browsers. Mozilla, however, has always been about crafting something different. Rather than being based off Webkit, Firefox Mobile uses the same rendering engine as in Firefox 4.0. Firefox is still just a candidate in the mobile space. It’s faster than previous builds, but, compared with Android’s stock browser and Opera Mobile 11, it doesn’t lap the pack. It lacks multimedia dexterity: Firefox doesn’t yet support Flash and cannot access a surprising amount of HTML5 content.
And if you’re reading this on an Android tablet, this fox isn’t available on Honeycomb, yet. For Mozilla users who prize synchronicity, which keeps a consistent profile of bookmarks, settings, passwords and even open tabs on all your synced machines. This means that Firefox Mobile can access your desktop tabs from any of your computers, which could be handy when trying to look up that thing you found at home or work.
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