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Apple iPhone Holds 66% Mobile Browser Market Share February 2009


febuary mobile browser market share Apple iPhone Holds 66% Mobile Browser Market Share February 2009

Net Applications has released figures relating to mobile browser market share for February 2009. Apple’s iPhone, which accounts for about 0.5% of all cell phones, holds 66.61% mobile browser market share according to the findings, with its closest competitor Java ME (such as Blackberry handsets) at only 9.06% The actual results will likely begin to change as Microsoft rolls out its highly upgraded Internet Explorer browser and as Palm rolls out its Palm Pre with a revamped browser. Mozilla is also preparing to launch its own mobile internet browser dubbed Fennec. Interestingly, the Mac OS in February 2009 held 9.71% of the total computer operating system market share, down from 9.93% a month earlier in January 2009. The iPhone also generates 51% of all current U.S. mobile internet browsing traffic.

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New Mozilla Fennec Details from Developer Interview


fennec New Mozilla Fennec Details from Developer InterviewLead Mozilla Fennec developer Brad Lassey has just done an interview with WMExperts and revealed some new information on new features coming from Mozilla’s mobile Fennec browser. One of the new key features, dubbed Weave, brings the ability to sync your opened tabs with your desktop pc, allowing you to easily continue research and doing what you were doing on your PC on your mobile. Fennec will also include the third party add-on support found on Firefox, developers will be able to easily port their add-ons for use on Fennec. The Fennec beta will be coming by this summer.

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