Mozilla displays Firefox OS running on a handset
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The Firefox browser is expected to debut in Brazil next year |
Mozilla is looking to standardize about 40 APIs to work across various devices. Non-complex ones like battery level and vibration are supposed to be complete. Other APIs like SMS and dialing are being worked on now. The first handsets to sport the Firefox OS will be available next year from Telefonica in Brazil., The carrier covers areas in Latin America and Europe. Other carriers who have signed on include Sprint, T-Mobile USA's parent Deutsche Telekom, Smart and Telecom Italia. On the hardware side we have TCL, ZTE and Qualcomm.
source: AllThingsD
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18 Comments
1. The_Godfather posted on 06 Sep 2012, 20:52 3 0
Interesting..hope they do good in the market :)
14. joey_sfb posted on 07 Sep 2012, 06:21 2 0
Mozilla, hope you have enough patents to defend the platform.
Every one knows for a fact that apple will target it if they gain market share.
Let hope it do well to provide us another viable mobileOS.
2. Mxyzptlk posted on 06 Sep 2012, 21:25 3 8
What can Firefox possibly offer that isn't already seen with the other OSes on the market?
5. Berzerk000 posted on 06 Sep 2012, 21:48 0 0
Virtually nothing... I mean, really, what else is there? Unless you want to go like space-age and have a hand-held 3D hologram. Really, the only thing they can do is improve what other OSes have brought already, which I doubt they would do in the first version of the OS, especially since they stated that it wasn't built to compete with iOS or Android.
11. JC557 posted on 06 Sep 2012, 23:04 1 0
Which is why I think it's best they team up with Google on improving and adding to Android.
Mozilla has improved their browser for Android so much that I'm using it over stock and Dolphin browser but Chrome is a close 2nd.
7. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 06 Sep 2012, 22:19 1 0
I think it's much lighter and easy to customize and allows handsets to be cheaper. I guess it will be mostly low end phones, at least initially.
9. Dr.Phil posted on 06 Sep 2012, 22:32 1 0
I think you will see an even more open and developer friendly app market than the other OS'. Developers nowadays have to sit there and mess around with the different codings found on the different OS', but with Firefox OS you simply are just creating an HTML5 based application. Less coding means less hassle. Less hassle means that apps get to the market quicker and you will possibly see more applications (though it will take some time for the Firefox OS to catch on).
10. The_Godfather posted on 06 Sep 2012, 22:56 2 1
M more than sure that it will be better than s**tty iOS...!!!
12. jbitounis posted on 07 Sep 2012, 02:31 3 0
Even if it does not offer anything completely new, it might be a good alternative for some users and it will most definitely create some healthy competition between Mozillla, Google, Apple etc., in favor of the consumers.
16. asdfasdfasdf123 posted on 07 Sep 2012, 09:29 0 0
I think its for very low cost handsets. Firefox OS could bring lower cost devices than current low cost Android devices
18. rusticguy posted on 18 Oct 2012, 21:35 0 0
Freedom from "Jailed" systems which means a lot in democratic world order.
6. pikapowerize (banned) posted on 06 Sep 2012, 22:17 0 0
a browser OS, great... kinda different from the competiton... however, since its a browser, it might need data plan even though it will power low end to mid range phones... i think the OS might be carrier friendly since it is back up by some big carriers to respective countries but it means additional fee for people who apply to a plan at cheap price.. like my mother, she get the samsung galaxy instead of a blackberry coz a blackberry needs an additional plan and she dont like that...
15. Reluctant_Human posted on 07 Sep 2012, 07:36 0 0
Anything that might innovate or make more competition to improve on current OSes I applaud.
17. monkeytown posted on 09 Sep 2012, 12:05 0 0
"Those who tested the Firefox OS says that it reminded them of Android running on a low-end Android phone. Apps like the camera and phone dialer opened quickly"
those don´t fit together
