Firefox 4 Beta 2 has been released and you can download it in 10 languages on your Android or Maemo device. The new version comes with a wide range of fixes and improvements. The install size of Firefox Beta has been reduced by 60% (from around 43 MB to 17 MB). A new theme has been included in this version, that gives Firefox a fresh new look and the ability to easily share links with your friends from the Site Menu and the ability to undo closing a tab. Checkout the complete changelog below.
Changelog:
Reduced install size by 60% on Android
JavaScript performance is improved. Now 25% faster than stock browser on SunSpider
Page loads are now around 40% faster than in beta 1
Battery usage has been reduced
Fixed problems that would cause you to get a black screen when launching the app
Reduced memory footprint
Improved text spacing
Now localized in 10 languages
New theme
You can now undo closing a tab
The native Android sharing system is now used when you share a link
Desktop notifications are now supported
Finger friendly video controls
Content crashes will no longer take down the whole browser
Users will now be prompted to submit crash reports when the browser crashes
Beta tester tools for Android
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Firefox 4 Beta 2 has been released and you can download it in 10 languages on your Android or Maemo device. The new version comes with a wide range of fixes and improvements. The install size of Firefox Beta has been reduced by 60% (from around 43 MB to 17 MB). A new theme has been included in this version, that gives Firefox a fresh new look and the ability to easily share links with your friends from the Site Menu and the ability to undo closing a tab. Checkout the complete changelog below.
Changelog:
Reduced install size by 60% on Android
JavaScript performance is improved. Now 25% faster than stock browser on SunSpider
Page loads are now around 40% faster than in beta 1
Battery usage has been reduced
Fixed problems that would cause you to get a black screen when launching the app
Reduced memory footprint
Improved text spacing
Now localized in 10 languages
New theme
You can now undo closing a tab
The native Android sharing system is now used when you share a link
Desktop notifications are now supported
Finger friendly video controls
Content crashes will no longer take down the whole browser
Users will now be prompted to submit crash reports when the browser crashes
Beta tester tools for Android
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A few months ago, we started a competition on FoneArena, which is known as the FoneArena Smartphone Championship. There were total 16 contestants, and today we have the winner, and before announcing, FoneArena want to say thanks to everyone for voting, and keeping this tournament alive, all the credit goes to the readers who voted and supported their favorite phones like a true fanboys. Now the champion, the winner of the Smartphone Championship is the Nokia N900. Nokia N900 got some great support from its fans from the first day, and in the final, Nokia N900 beats Samsung Galaxy S by a very great margin. Nokia N900 got 5,985 votes, and the Galaxy S got 2,734 votes, and the total is 8,719 votes. We want to say thanks again to everyone for voting.
So N900 users, enjoy your victory, and Samsung Galaxy S users, losing is the part of the game, so don't think that your Galaxy S is a loser (I know you don't), because the Galaxy S made to the final, and also a winner. We will come back soon with another great tournament. Thanks again and please share your thoughts !
It's here folks, it's finally here. I was waiting for the final match from a long time, and now we are heading to our final match. But lets talk about the previous match first. First round of Semi-final was between the Nokia N900 and Palm Pre, where Nokia N900 won by a very close margin, and the second round match was between the Xperia X10 and Samsung Galaxy S, and the winner is Samsung Galaxy S. We got a total of 2,703 votes, from which Samsung Galaxy S got 1,481 votes, and Xperia X10 got 1,222 votes. So the final is between the Samsung Galaxy S and Nokia N900.
So folks, let's head to the final. The final will match last for 5 days, and we will announce the winner on October 1. So guys, are you ready? So on your marks, get set VOTE!
Update: Poll is working fine now, happy voting !
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Okay folks, the FoneArena Smartphone Championship is going on very well, and now we are finally in Semi-Finals. The qualifiers for Semi-finals are the SE Xperia X10/ Samsung Galaxy S and Palm Pre/ Nokia N900. All of them are great phones, but we are going to have only one winner. So lets head to the first round of semi-finals.
The first match is between the Palm Pre and Nokia N900. So folks you have the power to choose your favorite, so if you want to see Nokia N900 or Palm Pre in the final, then start voting. On your marks, get set, VOTE!
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The last match of FoneArena Smartphone Championship was between the Palm Pre and Nexus One, and I have a bad news for Android fans. Palm Pre beats Nexus One by a very big margin. Palm Pre got 625 votes, and the Nexus One got only 230 votes, and total votes are 882. Thanks everyone for voting, and now lets head to the next match.
The next match is between the Nokia N900 and BlackBerry Storm 2, both are leading smartphone of their companies. So lets see who's the winner. Vote for your favorite after the break.
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Mozilla has finally released the alpha version of its mobile browser Fennec for Nokia N900 and Android (2.x) devices. Fennec is the codename of Mozilla’s mobile project. This browser is built on the new “Electrolysis” and “Layers” technology which concentrates on increasing speed and responsiveness. Fennec is designed and optimized for browsing on a mobile device and it comes with some interesting features such as Firefox Sync, Add-ons and the Awesome Bar.
Fennec 2.0 Alpha 1 Highlights:
Pinch-to-zoom (Android), double-tap, or use the volume rocker (Nokia N900) to zoom in and out
Tabbed browsing in thumbnail view lets you easily see and open the site you want
Location-Aware Browsing gives you content and info relevant to your location
Save to PDF in the Site Menu lets you capture important content, like driving directions or a boarding pass, to view offline
Find in Page in the Site Menu lets you quickly find text on the webpage
Share Page in the Site Menu lets you send content to email, Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader
Forget Password in the Site Menu tells a website you no longer trust to forget your private data
Add Search Engine in the Site Menu lets you quickly add a new search engine to your Awesome Screen
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Here is a cool UI for MeeGo tablets called Velvet from the folks at TAT and Wind river . Watch the video below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrdrBefMAEc
Does a re-scaled UI for mobiles or PCs make a good tablet UI? We think tablets are radically different types of devices that require new and unique UIs. Velvet is a playful cloth shader concept UI for MeeGo tablets by TAT and Wind River. With full support for 3D graphics and shaders, TAT Cascades enables astonishing UIs on MeeGo, Android and other tablet OSs.
It's hard to tell if we will see such UIs on devices soon but for now it's something cool for a concept !
via TAT Blog
The FoneArena Smartphone Championship is getting interesting and tough after every round. The last match was between the Droid X and Samsung GalaxyS, where Galaxy S takes the lead. Galaxy S won by 274 votes, and Droid X only got 134 votes, total votes are 408.
Now lets head to the next match, which is between the Nokia N900, and the HTC HD2. Both are very good smartphones and known as the best sellers of both manufactures. So folks are you ready for voting, because you have only one day to choose your favorite, so on your marks, get set, VOTE!
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We just spotted a video demo of what looks like MeeGo OS running inside a Nokia Phone Emulator. The screens don't look like the UI where MeeGo screenshots pointed us about a month ago. But we heard that Nokia is going to have it's own UI on top of the native MeeGo UI and this might be atleast a portion of that. But the UI looks pretty impressive !httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDp1MGlfGQ8&feature=youtu.be
Thx to chilko for spotting this vid who also feels that video might be about Symbian^4 rather than MeeGo. But we saw the extras icon in the video so its MeeGo we say !
But it might be confidential information and we shall find out soon when the video is yanked !
Who wants the Nokia N900 and Nokia E72 for $1? There's no doubt in it that everyone want to buy an expensive phone for $1. So if you want to try your luck, then let me tell you how to do it.
You will get a chance to win the phone through the cool new Nokia-Newegg promotion. The original price of Nokia N900 is $649 and the price of the Nokia E72 is $469 respectively, but if you directly buy it from Newegg right now, then you will save $200 on Nokia N900 and $140 on Nokia E72.
But if you want to save all your money and only want to spend $1, then there are some special banner ads with a golden egg and Nokia N900 and E72 in it on some special sites mentioned over at WOMWORLD, and when the egg flashes and if you are the first lucky person to click it, then the deal is yours.
The deal is only for North American residents.
The deal starts from today, and the egg will flash regularly over the next month. If you don't have enough time to sit on your PC to watch the flashing eggs, then you have to give some ...
Here is the unboxing of the Nokia N900 Maemo Masters edition we received from Nokia India.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S75MbyqVQ4w
Here is what you get in the Nokia N900 Maemo Masters Edition
Here is what you get with the Maemo Masters Edition
Nokia N900
Maemo Master T-Shirt
BH-214 Bluetooth headset
Stickers
If you want to buy one of these Nokia N900 Maemo Master Limited Edition Devices , Head over to our facebook page and chk out the discussion thread
The Nokia N9 which is rumored to be the first MeeGo phone from Nokia was shown off in a video which seems to have been pulled out of Youtube last month. The MeeGo project today released some screenshots of MeeGo for handsets and the UI looks a bit different than Maemo and much more different than Symbian. The UI draws inspiration from Android and WebOS. Now Eldar of Mobile-Review tweeted that the Nokia N9 will have a different UI and not the default MeeGo UI.Would be interesting to watch how Nokia customizes the UI and there is word that Nokia is integrating OVI services into the Meego Phones.