Mozilla Firefox 4 Release Candidate for Android and Maemo Now Available

“The Mozilla Blog” – mozilla’s official blog, annonces that firefox for the android mobile platform has now a version 4 release candidate available for download.

According to the same blog, “Mozilla Firefox 4 for Android and Maemo is now available as a release candidate in more than 10 languages from the Android Market and for download on your Maemo device.”

“This release offers faster scrolling, better responsiveness with Firefox Sync and improves the overall user experience of Firefox. Firefox 4 for Android and Maemo brings the performance and customization of Firefox to mobile devices with features like Firefox Sync, Awesome Screen, tabbed browsing and Firefox Add-ons, to create a personalized and effortless mobile browsing experience.”

Read all about it in the The Mozilla Blog: blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/03/21/mozilla-firefox-4-release-candidate-for-android-and-maemo-now-available/

Firefox Beta – Go Mobile

Take your Firefox anywhere. Firefox 4 Beta 1 for Android and Maemo is built on the same technology platform as Firefox 4 for desktop computers, just optimized for browsing on a mobile device.

Check out the new and improved features, known issues and frequently asked questions.

I was trying to find a way to keep one of my blogs updated while on a two week motorcycle vacation across Europe.  I needed an easy, hassle-free, non-expensive way to update small road-side bits of information.

I have several applications that would do it, like:

- Publishing directly via e-mail does not allow images, and needs an extra step checking the email to post.

- Installing a mobile UI

- Adding a custom posting interface, etc. etc.

But all this required a moderate time-consuming mobile connection, and if your are doing it abroad (roaming), by the end of the two week journey you phone bill will be grown quite fat….

What I really needed was something like an SMS, or MMS. E-mails can be sent via MMS with a fixed price. But directly publishing to WordPress via email (as i’ve described in my previous article “word press posting via e-mail” ), is a bit limited.

So I’ve done a bit of research and… 

Via David Naylor’s: www.davidnaylor.co.uk/wordpress-for-android.html

“Checking your WordPress Blog on your mobile phone can be bit of a pain if your Smartphone is on the Android platform.

The easiest way I have found is to bookmark each blog, but then writing the post is awkward because you’re only getting a mobile view of the page, so it often involves a lot of scrolling around a page.

Last night I was looking through the Android Market and saw the WordPress Logo as a featured application.”

Check his brilliant article in: www.davidnaylor.co.uk/wordpress-for-android.html

Thanks for sharing David!

Today google announced Google Buzz, a new product that integrates with your Gmail inbox and makes it easy to start rich conversations about the things you find interesting.

Google Buzz lets you share web links, photos, videos, and more with those who are important to you. Rather than simply creating a mobile version of Buzz, Google decided to take advantage of the unique features of a mobile device – in particular, location.

We go through many experiences when we’re on the go, and while there are lots of ways to share these experiences with your friends or even the world, there isn’t always an easy way to let your audience know where you are when you post. Your location brings valuable context to the information you share. For example, does “Delicious dinner!” mean you’re at a great restaurant, or that you had a wonderful home-cooked meal? Your mobile phone, which is with you almost all the time, can help answer these questions.