Firefox OS smartphones due 2013 as Mozilla reveals partners

Well, it should atleast function better than their firefox browser for android. I definitely prefer FF on my Windows PC as well as my Ubuntu PC, but on my phone its chrome, because it is so much better than the mobile version of FF. Looking forward to see these phones when they come out though, but i dont think they would make me want to swap from android anytime soon.

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Originally Posted by rasmus91

Well, it should atleast function better than their firefox browser for android. I definitely prefer FF on my Windows PC as well as my Ubuntu PC, but on my phone its chrome, because it is so much better than the mobile version of FF. Looking forward to see these phones when they come out though, but i dont think they would make me want to swap from android anytime soon.

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Yeah, I would definitely tend to favor the "native" browser for any mobile device, aka Safari for iPhone and Chrome for Android.

Carlos

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Here is something I just found :

Meet the Mozilla OS Developer Phone - Sep. 21, 2012
http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/...hone-20120921/

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It’s no secret that Mozilla has been working on a mobile OS. Previously codenamed Boot2Gecko, the project focused on a purely HTML5 based system that worked in many ways like current mobile devices. As the project grew into Mozilla OS, the company has laid out a partnership with ZTE that will have real world devices in certain markets early next year. Testing for this OS had previously consisted of a compiled ROM that would be flashed over a handful of Android devices. Now, Mozilla has moved into full fledged product evaluation mode with their own custom developer phone.

As expected of any developer device, there’s no branding to be found. No one at Mozilla was willing to confirm that ZTE was the manufacturer of the developer device, though the phone bears a vague resemblance to a couple of previous generation ZTE Android phones. The 480 x 800 display isn’t winning any beauty contest, but certainly gets the job done. The phone uses microUSB for power, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a 5MP camera. The phone is powered by a 1.5GHz processor, but no mention of how many cores or the manufacturer.

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Carlos

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Originally Posted by Primefalcon

Personally I wont touch a smart phone until I can have som raw flavour of Linux running on one.... This locked down Android IOS kinda defeats the point IMO of a computer in your pocket (hardware they're more than powerful enough.... but software.... they're too locked down on what you can do

until then... a small netbook/tablet running skype suits me perfectly.. since I am honestly more interested in the carry around compouter aspect tbh

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they have a fsf compliant version of android. I forget the name but its all free software. problem is, I think it only runs on one phone

This is good news indeed, I would have loved it if nokia had stuck to meego though as that was really an outstanding and unique OS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfE3B6L-Otw

Nokia n9 demonstration with meego.

Until something decent and open comes out no smartphone for me. I will definitely never go for iOS or Windows phone.

I don't like any of the Android hardware. Hopefully FirefoxOS can get on some good hardware.

Welcome to the new Mobile Technology Discussions forum ;)

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Originally Posted by sandyd

Welcome to the new Mobile Technology Discussions forum ;)

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Awesome!

Now I wish I had a smartphone!

I hope these devices are very low cost.

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Originally Posted by zikalify

I hope these devices are very low cost.

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They are supposed to be for less expensive phones, but are going to be released in limited markets, Brazil I think.