Mozilla released Fennec, their new mobile browser available, as a public download. It appears in two versions, one for PC and the other for Mac. Fennec is a small fox that lives in the Sahara Desert and is known for its large ears. The new mobile browser has been made using the same Gecko code (this is the one behind the latest Firefox 3.1 beta browser). Fennec is available for cell phones, but for now it’s only available for the Nokia N810 tablet, as well as versions for desktops and laptops running Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Fennec has a full-screen mode, consistent with one of the early designs. One of Fennec’s goals is to carry over as much functionality from Firefox 3 as possible. It is build with pop-up blocking and the familiar logo to the left of the search bar that serves up the identity of the Web site owner. Fennec also supports add-ons. Of course, being a new product, only a few have been created, but much more of them will come soon. Fennec will support a plugin API, which means that you’ll be able to play YouTube videos via Firefox’s mobile browser.

Fennec will have to fight Opera Mini and Opera Mobile for the supremacy in this domain. As for the release date for all mobile phones, Mozilla’s Mobile director told the press that this won’t happen for a few more months. One of the main problems for Fennec is the fact that it does not run on standard not-touch-screen phones and it must also be stable in portrait mode as well as in landscape mode. This launch will surely be an important step in the mobile browsing technology that will probably determine other PC browsers to develop mobile ones.