Mobile Web News, Week of October 8, 2007

October 11, 2007 on 2:15 pm | In Mobile Web News |

Skype and 3 Working on Free Internet Cellphones
Looks like soon UK Skype users will be able to phone other Skype users without call charges. The calls will be made the usual Skype way, i.e. over a broadband Internet connection.

Users will, of course have to pay for their broadband connection usage, but this will work out a lot cheaper than making a conventional voice call.
Source: msnbc.msn.com

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Hooray, Mobile Firefox is Here!
…and it will be shipped out in 2008, according to Mozilla’s VP of Engineering Mike Schroepfer.

Reducing the footprint of Firefox’s Gecko 1.9 rendering engine is one of the things Schroepfer and his team are working on to make Firefox fit into the small memories of typical smartphones.

Compatibility with ARM processors is another goal that Mobile Firefox will achieve, thanks to the fact that ARM Ltd. is sponsoring part of the development.

I’m personally a Firefox fan, and this news brings untold joy to my heart, especially since it’s Friday!
Source: linuxdevices.com

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Google Buys Jaiku
Jaiku is a small, relatively new mobile social network based in Europe and founded by Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen.

Jaiku is similar to Twitter, except that there is scope for conversations with single friends and not only a group of permitted friends (hey, I’m not a Twitter expert, but this seems right… correct me if I’m wrong!)

Sounds like a good idea for people who can afford to spend time tracking and talking to friends in real time, aka kids (?)

Anyway, as far as Jaiku is concerned, they lucked out, ‘coz now they’re part of the Big G!

Source: GigaOm

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