Mozilla Stops Development Of Firefox for Windows Phones
Mozilla wont be able to provide Firefox for Windows Phone 7 since Microsoft has decided to close off development to native applications.
Mozilla's developers have been building a version of Firefox for Windows Mobile for quite a while. However,
Microsoft has decided to close off development to native applications. Because of this, Mozilla won't be able to provide Firefox for Windows Phone 7 at this time.
"Given that Microsoft is staking their future in mobile on Windows Mobile 7 (not 6.5) and because we dont know if or when Microsoft will release a native development kit, we are putting our Windows Mobile development on hold, " Mozilla wrote in a blog post.
Mozilla hopes that Microsoft will finally provide them with a way to build Firefox for Windows Phone 7. In the meantime, Mozilla will continue to focus on the development of products on both Android and Maemo.
"Given that Microsoft is staking their future in mobile on Windows Mobile 7 (not 6.5) and because we dont know if or when Microsoft will release a native development kit, we are putting our Windows Mobile development on hold, " Mozilla wrote in a blog post.
Mozilla hopes that Microsoft will finally provide them with a way to build Firefox for Windows Phone 7. In the meantime, Mozilla will continue to focus on the development of products on both Android and Maemo.
