Fennec (AKA Firefox) for Android alpha test release is out

Mozilla has today released an official Alpha version of its Fennec mobile browser – which will eventually evolve to be branded as an official Firefox browser. It’s out on Android (and Nokia N900!) right now, and you can get it direct from Mozilla.

There have been various work-in-progress, half-finished, pre-alpha builds of this floating around for months – but this is the official release. Here’s a little highlight from the release notes:

Shipping with the Firefox Sync feature built-in, Fennec synchronizes your Firefox history, bookmarks, open tabs, passwords and form data between your desktop and mobile. Just login with your Firefox Sync account info and Fennec gets to know you right away, taking you to your favorite parts of the Web with barely any typing.

Don’t worry about switching to a new phone, or having to type long URLs or passwords again. You can even leave your desktop in a moment’s notice and pick up right where you left off on your mobile phone.

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Mozilla says this Android version of Fennec has been optimised for the Nexus One in particular, but should still work with varying degrees of success on other Android 2.X devices. Image from the demo video found here.

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  1. penhapus

     /  August 27, 2010

    can’t get the download link to work; good start…

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  2. Gary C

     /  August 27, 2010

    They changed the link download URL – should be working now…

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  3. Dougster

     /  August 27, 2010

    I have the INSTALL file now in my Hero 2.1.

    What will open it?

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    • k0zmic

       /  August 28, 2010

      Just click the installer and it’ll install. You need the ARM v5/6 version, it didn’t work on my Hero though.

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  4. David

     /  August 28, 2010

    I found the link someone on the Firefox FB page. It’s bloody slow and TBH a waste of your time installing (and you need about 30mb free!) unless you are a full on dev or summit!
    Wait for the next release…

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  5. Yeah, it’s pretty sluggish on my Desire. But there’s some nice ideas

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