Mozilla opens Firefox Marketplace for Aurora builds of Android, gives mobile a taste of web apps

[ ](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/19/mozilla-opens-firefox-marketplace-for-aurora-builds-of-android/)Mozilla's love of web apps is [more than obvious](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/09/firefox-16-final-launches-with-reader-on-android-voiceover-on-mac/); we just haven't had a real chance to try the Firefox Marketplace that represents a large part of the company's app strategy. The doors are at last open for a peek, although Mozilla has chosen the unusual path of giving mobile users the first crack: [Android users](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/26/native-firefox-android-browser-adds-speed-flash-html5-and-a-fr/) willing to live on the bleeding edge of an Aurora build of Firefox can browse and run those web apps in Mozilla's store. Everyone else willing to venture into the Marketplace will have to wait until their own Firefox builds receive a matching update, including that rare group with access to [Firefox OS](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/03/firefox-os-marketplace-leaks-in-current-form/). We're not quite in a rush to try a first wave of apps in an alpha-grade browser. Should you be the sort who thinks that even beta releases are too sluggish, however, your gateway to the Marketplace awaits at the source links.

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