Firefox 4 for Android shuns ARMv6 phones

Mozilla's Android incarnation of Firefox 4 does not run on devices using the older ARMv6 processor, and it does not support Adobe Flash.

Firefox 4 for Android - officially released on Tuesday - runs only on devices that use ARMv7 processors, including phones just as the Google Nexus One, the HTC Evo, and the Motorola Droid X, as then as tablets just as the Samsung Galaxy and the Motorola Xoom. It as well requires 512MB of memory.

The open source outfit may or may not support the processor henceforth. "During we'd like Firefox to run on as many phones as possible, we are focusing first on devices that can run current versions of Firefox with acceptable performance. As we improve Firefox's speed and memory use, it might become possible for us to support ARMv6 phones hereafter, nevertheless we are not actively working on it now."

The browser will not run on dozens of Android devices

This means that the browser will not run on dozens of Android devices. You can see the full list on the Mozilla wiki. ®