Mozilla is officially launching their Firefox OS for mobile phones and
are proud to announce that they have deals with 18 operators in place, a
partnership with Qualcomm to use the Snapdragon chipsets and four
manufacturers - ZTE, Alcatel, LG and Huawei. The first two also
showcased phones with Firefox OS at the MWC.
Firefox OS
Firefox OS uses HTML5-based apps that run on technology shared with
the Firefox browser and initially targets the entry level segment. The
goal is to create an open source OS, that web developers can easily
create apps for and post them on the Firefox Marketplace.
You can check out Marketplace if you have Firefox Aurora for Android.
There you’ll find social networking apps for Facebook and Twitter,
Nokia’s HERE mapping solution, Box integration, games from EA Mobile and
Disney Mobile Games.
The OS has the same commitment to privacy, security and
customizations that the Firefox browser is known for and places a strong
emphasis on search.
Firefox OS also supports video calling over Web RTC - a browser-based
tech, also available on the Android Firefox Aurora app. It will
eventually make its way to desktop browsers too (Firefox and Chrome at
least).
Alcatel One Touch Fire
As for the phones, the Alcatel One Touch Fire will launch first in
China (Mozilla is partnered up with China Unicom), Latin America, and
will be the first Firefox OS phone to hit Europe, specifically Poland in
the summer through Deutsche Telecom.
It has a 3.5” screen, 1GHz processor with 256MB RAM, 3.2MP camera,
512MB storage and microSD card slot (with a 2GB card already inside). On
the connectivity side, there’s 3G, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth and GPS (with
Nokia HERE maps).
ZTE Open
Then there’s the ZTE Open, which sports similar specs - a 3.5” HVGA
screen and a Cortex-A5 processor at 1GHz and 256MB RAM. The storage deal
is the same - 512MB in the phone, 2GB microSD card preloaded. There’s
3G connectivity (7.2Mbps HSDPA, 5.76Mbps HSUPA), along with Wi-Fi b/g/n,
Bluetooth 3.0, GPS and FM Radio.
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