Believe it or not – it is targeted at Maemo:

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Firefox is currently supported on Nokia’s Maemo5 platform and is available for download on the Nokia N900. Users can download and learn more by visiting Firefox.com/mobile. Visit the FAQ for more information.

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Even though I don’t want top be accused of mindless ranting, one question comes to mind: WTF. Why does the Mozilla Foundation release its first-ever browser on a platform which essentially has 5 users world-wide? And why not on a platform like WM?

Ideas, anyone?

According to the official announcement, the following improvements can be expected:

Firefox 3.6 (built on the Gecko 1.9.2 platform) introduces several new features for users and developers:

* Users can change the browser’s appearance with a single click using Personas.
* Firefox 3.6 alerts users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.
* Changes to how third-party software integrates with Firefox to increase stability.
* Improved automatic form fill provides better options from your form history.
* Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.
* Support for the WOFF font format.
* Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.
* The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times.
* Support for the HTML5 File API
* Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.

In case you still use an outdated version of FireFox (or, even worse, IE) – hit the link below ASAP. The improved speed (and increased battery life) definitely is worth it:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html

He had the following idea for handling the application flood:

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A couple things that can be done is 1) you can have a block button so if you don’t like an app you can block it and never see it again…and/or a block publisher button. 2) a report button and if the app gets say 4 reports then someone at Palm reviews the app and if its crapware they then delete it. This is kind of the best of both worlds. I can block apps I think are junk, or apps I’m not interested in which will streamline the catalog for me so I can better see apps I am interested in. If enough people think an app is junk they can report it…and Palm gets final judgment in case some people click the report button to be spiteful for some reason. This also makes it so anyone can make any app they want without the full on app police like Apple has.
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Sounds sensible to me – what do you guys think?

Our friends at NS Basic Corp’s have performed a little benchmark of the various browsers, and ended up with the results outlined below – faster means higher score:

Anybody of you surprised by any of the results?

This has now changed – feast your eyes on the shots below:

via hdblog.it

PhoneScoop claims to have received some news from Samsung. First of all, the critter’s UI will be a Flash-based form of TouchWiz called TouchWiz 3.0 – but programming still takes place in C++.

When it comes to further features, most buzzwords are implemented:

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Other capabilities include support for service-centric features such as location-based services, social networking, device sync, content management, and commerce services. Samsung also said that the platform will be highly customizable by network operators, so they can make it their own.

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Release info goes as follows:

… reiterated that the first handsets should hit the market in the first half of 2010. Samsung plans to use Bada on phones in markets worldwide, though it will launch across Europe first.

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Further info, anyone?

The product has now been updated to “beta 5″ – while still not final, Access claims compatibility with more than 80% of Palm OS applications currently on the market.

More can be found at the URL below:
http://www.access-company.com/products/gvm/index.html

P.S. According to various sources, the N900 is not supported currently.

Ah, btw: We’re at Tamoggemon’s are soon ready to publish our first Palm webOS app. So stay tuned!

Even though these figures must always been taken with a large grain of salt, enjoy the chart below:

Air Hockey Pictures:

Well, I’m excited about other upcoming Apps in the future. For Palm I hope the App Catalog will grow soon with paid and freeware Apps. We at Tamoggemon are working at the moment on a (Fan-)App for Metal and Hard Rock Fans. Stay tuned – We’re going to publish the Metal Fan App soon as possible!