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Originally Posted by ShayneOSU View Post
Mozilla Developer:
Yep, we know! We’re working hard to get to a set of real phones. The N810 is a great platform for development and testing but we understand that the real win is on a real mobile platform.
Well... I think you have to put that in context. "Mobile" usually means cell phones -- there's a billion-and-change of them in use, and nearly all of them have a crappy web browser (if any). The N810 is an awesome device, but if you want to improve the mobile experience and open web, you can't ignore where the users are. And there are a whole bunch of them stuck on Windows Mobile devices with IE.

So, in that sense, bringing a better browser to that market will be the bigger win for the broader problem. It's more a statement about the current marketplace, and isn't really about the Internet Tablet. But if the N8x0 can help by eating away at Windows Mobile, so much the better!

[I should also point out that Blizzard is a long-time Linux guy, working in key roles at Red Hat and OLPC, so this is no Windows fanboy talking. :-)]

Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
There's a better future with GTKWebKit, anyway.
I wouldn't be so sure. Mozilla is kicking ***, it's faster and lighter than ever (even when compared to WebKit), and there's more in the pipeline coming.
 

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