Firefox OS

See the following -

How Firefox OS Could Sneak Into The Smartphone Chicken Coop

Patrick Nelson | LinuxInsider | July 26, 2013

With the mobile industry now so heavily dominated by Android and iOS, is there possibly room for another contender? That remains to be seen, of course, but Firefox OS has several advantages to set it apart. Read More »

How Firefox OS Plans To Kill — Not Reinvent — The App Store

Jolie O'Dell | VentureBeat | July 18, 2013

Mozilla has posted another video about Firefox OS. Intended for app developers, the clip explains a bit about how and why distribution will work in a world without app stores. Read More »

HTML5 Trumping iOS Among App Developers In Emerging Mobile Markets

Nick Heath | ZDNet | February 7, 2014

Mobile app developers in many regions outside the US and Europe are choosing to develop apps in HTML5 rather than iOS but it's iOS that's earning devs the biggest bucks. Read More »

In Affordable Smartphones, Firefox OS Shines But Nokia's X Phone Strategy Is Murky

Phil Goldstein | FierceWireless | February 25, 2014

One of the major themes I'm hearing here at the Mobile World Congress trade show is that handset makers across the board are focusing on affordable smartphones. Mozilla and its Firefox OS partners seems to be hitting the mark more than others by aligning the user experience they're delivering with the price points they are setting for the phones. Read More »

Is India A Low-Cost High-Quality Smartphone Market?

Rashi Varshney | Light Reading India | October 6, 2014

While smartphone penetration across the globe is booming, India seems to be emerging as a hot spot of low-cost-high-quality smartphones, with smartphone vendors rushing to the country in a big way to join the race. Most recently, Internet giant Google rolled out Android One phones in India- Karbonn Sparkle V, Micromax Canvas A1, and Spice Dream UNO, priced at Rs 6,399...

Read More »

LG Opts For A Brazilian, Lobs Out Low-Powered Firefox OS Mobe Fireweb

Neil McAllister | The Register | October 23, 2013

South Korean electronics giant LG has joined the likes of Alcatel, Geeksphone, and ZTE by offering a handset based on the Mozilla Foundation's open-source Firefox OS platform. Read More »

LG Unveils The Fireweb, Its First Firefox OS Smartphone (Video)

Jon Fingas | Engadget | October 22, 2013

So far, Firefox OS has been limited to ultra-basic smartphones like the ZTE Open. LG is expanding the platform's reach today by releasing its inaugural Mozilla-powered handset, the Fireweb. [...] Read More »

Location, Location, Location: Want To Help Mozilla Break The Ecosystem Locks?

Stephan Shankland | CNET | March 27, 2014

The MozStumbler app is one way Android users can assist Mozilla with its quest to open up the walled gardens of Apple and Google. Read More »

Matchstick Launches The Flint Open Source Streaming Platform With New Hardware Partnerships

Press Release | Matchstick, AOC, TCL | January 5, 2015

AOC and TCL join Matchstick to develop and market a target one million streaming devices in 2015 using the Flint platform...

Read More »

Mobile Operating Systems: Firefox OS, Ubuntu, Sailfish

Ben Everard | TechRadar | July 13, 2013

In Linux Land, every year seems to start with a wave of prophecies that this will be 'the year of the something', usually the desktop. These predictions almost universally turn out to be over-hyped. However, 2013 could be the exception. Read More »

Mozilla Aims To Socialize App Shopping With Marketplace For Firefox OS (Video)

Melissa Grey | Engadget | August 29, 2013

Firefox OS has an uphill battle to impress consumers, and Mozilla is hoping that the social app store it's developing will be the thing that sets it apart... Read More »

Mozilla And Mobile Operators Want To Make The Web More Global And Diverse

David Meyer | GIGAOM | November 5, 2014

Firefox-maker Mozilla and the GSMA mobile operator trade body are teaming up to help develop more non-English content for the web, so as to “positively shape” the future of the mobile web – and they’re looking for others to join them...

Read More »

Mozilla Announces $25 Firefox OS Smartphone

Barry Levine | CIO Today | February 24, 2014

A Firefox OS reference handset for developers, called the Firefox OS Flame, was presented by the Mozilla Foundation as a prototype of the $25 model. It offers a dual-core, 1.2-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, 4.5-inch 854x480 display, NFC, a 5-megapixel camera on the back and 2-megapixel on the front, and 3G wireless data. Read More »

Mozilla Brings Firefox OS-Powered Smartphones In Bangladesh

Staff Writer | The Daily Star | September 22, 2014

Mozilla, a pioneer in Web platforms, introduces the Firefox operating system for smartphones in Bangladesh, in cooperation with Grameenphone and device partner Symphony. Customers of Bondhu, Grameenphone’s youth offer, will be able to enjoy range of benefits on Firefox OS, including 20MB of free Internet per day...

Read More »

Mozilla Fleshes Out Firefox OS Simulator Features

Stephan Shankland | CNET | July 11, 2013

The nonprofit organization is trying to give programmers better tools for writing Web apps for its mobile operating system. Read More »