Mozilla releases Firefox 4 for Android

Bangalore: Just after a week from the launch of its Firefox 4,Mozilla released the final version of Firefox 4 for Android users.Mozilla has also released a version for Maemo. 

The android version of the browser is available from Google's Android market and the Maemo can be downloaded from Mozilla. Both Android and Maemo versions incorporate many features available in the desktop version of Firefox 4 and is offered in 13 languages.

The mobile version of Firefox 4 has features such as the synchronization service that lets users synchronize browser data across multiple devices for things like open tabs, bookmarks, history, passwords etc. Executives clarified that the process is secure as the data encryption is done via a 26-character key.

"Firefox for mobile allows users to take the Firefox experience they love everywhere and minimizes typing with features like tabbed browsing, bookmarks, add-ons and Firefox Sync," said a Mozilla blog post.

The open source outfit claimed that Firefox is up to three times faster than the stock Android browser. The mobile version of the browser also offers Mozilla's new JagerMonkey extension to its JavaScript engine.

With the mobile Firefox 4, users can save PDF for offline viewing, enables them to share via social-networking sites, and offers a customizable search engine list.

Firefox 4 is a free 14MB download from the Android Market that requires Android 2.0 or later.