The developer of the popular Firefox browser, the Mozilla Foundation, has just announce the release of Firefox for Mobile. The newly released version currently exclusively for Nokia’s N900 smartphone/Internet tablet. Plans are in the works to release version compatible with Google’s Android mobile platform operating system and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system. None of Apple’s mobile devices (iPhone, iTouch, iPad) will be able to run the new browser because of the “inherent limitations” of Apple’s mobile operating system environment. Equally dissed  are Backberry users since their devices use a java based operating system incompatible with Firefox.

Firefox for Mobile sports bad ass Add-ons with names straight out of a 12-step program like: YouTube Enabler, Shareaholic for Facebook and Twitter abusers, and the Awesome Bar which apparently has nothing to do with alcohol (I checked).

But it does not run Flash.

This is the second poke in the eye this week for Flash whose owner Adobe claims to be the world’s most common software platform found on 99% of desktop computers. Early Steve Jobs was reported as saying Apple’s mobile platform will not support Flash because it too buggy.  At the same meeting anonymous sources reported Jobs said Google’s motto “Don’t Be Evil is bullshit.” Alternate anonymous sources report Jobs actually said “Don’t Be Evil is a load of crap.” Alternate, alternate anonymous sources report Jobs actually said “Don’t Be Evil is just the kind of pompous hubris that the sheeple love to eat up. I wish I had thought of it first.”

Once again analyst fuel the speculation that Microsoft will bring to market it’s own mobile phone hardware. Jefferies & Company analyst Katherine Egbert has speculated that the company will soon launch a Windows Mobile 7 powered smart phone. The new Windows Mobile 7 operating system, or “Seven” as Microsoft has designated it, is expected to debut at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress.

The OEM hardware manufacturers for Project Pink have yet to be revealed. After the recent poor consumer response to the Nexus One, due mostly to Google’s fumbling of end user support for it’s hardware, Microsoft may be having second thoughts about releasing it’s own handset. Hopefully they will offer a more well planned experience for the user rather than the “take the money and run” approach of Google.

Two mobile flavors of Seven are planned, the Business Edition and a Media Edition. The desktop computer edition of Windows 7 is also part of the line designed to give Microsoft a uniform OS presence across computing platforms. Mobile Seven Business Edition will be capable of some forms of media playback including video and an application for live document collaboration. The Zune phone with Seven Media Edition is rumored to have impressive mobile video capabilities.
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