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Firefox Home iPhone App Syncs With Desktop Browser

by Caleb Johnson on May 28, 2010 at 10:20 AM

firefox home iphone appAccording to a post on The Mozilla Blog, the company will soon release an iPhone application that syncs with its full-fledged desktop browser, meaning that users will be able to access their browsing history, bookmarks and tabs while on-the-go. Along with those features, there's something called an "Awesome Bar." As far as we can tell, it's a search feature that predicts sites you might like, as based on previous browsing history and trends. Unfortunately, 'Firefox Home' isn't a full browser, but the pages do load from within the app. It won't cost you a penny to download when it hits the App Store, either. (Video demo after the break.)

But first, Apple will have to approve the app, and here's where things get tricky; as PC Magazine reports, Apple isn't too crazy about third-party browsers that "duplicate an existing function." Opera did make it through the approval process, so keep your fingers crossed. [From: The Mozilla Blog, via: Engadget and PC Magazine]


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