There are several factors which influenced the company’s decision to improve their browser on Android. One of which is the role of smartphones and tablets in the transformation of the computing industry. Smartphones and tablets are the gadgets that are leading this revolutionary change and right now, Firefox is not preinstalled to any of these devices. Another factor is that Android is the only way for the company to penetrate the mobile market since they are not able to go through Apple’s iOS and Microsoft’s Windows Phone. The next factor is Mozilla’s goal which is to ensure an open Web through Firefox. Presently, Apple and Google browsers (based on the open-source Webkit project) are the ones dominating the scene in mobile browsing.

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