Mozilla is now eyeing on the mobile market with a version of Firefox for mobile phones as early as 2008.

Mozilla is taking mobile browsing seriously, and has already hired at least two high profile mobile developers for the project. Mozilla is also soliciting comments from the developer community on which platforms it should ship mobile Firefox.

The company currently provides Mozilla for the Nokia N800, and Minimo — a Mozilla-based browser for mobile devices — is available for other mobile devices. However, the company wants to port the Firefox experience to the mobile phone above all else. Firefox Mobile operates much like the desktop version, including support for XUL and extensions. Additionally, the group is looking into portability options, where a user could easily port preferences, bookmarks, and so forth between the mobile and the desktop.

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