Firefox mobile OS for developers are available

Mozilla has had several months waiting for the launch of its own mobile operating system,Firefox OS . Of course, this platform is far from being ready, and it is estimated that it will be available just about year-end. Still, Mozilla has already made ​​several advances programming the operating system and already has a version of Firefox OS to developers , but there is more news .

Since yesterday are now available mobile Firefox OS geared for developers. While these were going to be released in February, there was a change of plans. The phones in question are known as Keon and Geeksphone Geeksphone Peak. Then I'll talk about each of them.

The Keon is the orange you see above. It is a smartphone low-end costs $ 118 U.S. dollars and has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, your CPU is a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 and has 512MB of RAM. The Peak is white and is slightly better than the last. The cost is $ 195 and has a 4.3-inch HD display, Snapdragon S4 features a 1.2GHz processor, have 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory, while its battery is 1800mAh.

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The minimum OS Firefox

The smartphones that run with Firefox OS will need to meet certain minimum requirements if they want to use that operating system officially. Those manufacturers who want their devices to be official Firefox products must provide the phone with the Mozilla browser and aplicacione store, but also must meet certain requirements-level hardware .
Firefox Phones officers shall have at least the following: a core processor at 800MHz, 256MB of RAM and a QVGA screen. Some phones that were presented at MWC 2013 as candidates for using Firefox OS comply with this smooth and virtually any smartphone today, even the low-end, could run with the future platform.
A device that does not meet the required level of hardware or software may be sold and mandatory access the app store, but will not be recognized as an official Firefox phone.
It seems that Mozilla is taking this whole issue calmly enough requests and requirements are really little.
What are your expectations for Firefox OS?

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Twitter Announces Firefox app for OS

Firefox OS, as everyone knows by now, is the new mobile platform developed by Mozilla, the same company that created the popular Internet browser called Firefox. The operating system was officially introduced at MWC 2013 and announced partnerships with several manufacturers of mobile operators and even mobile . Yesterday, Twitter announced that it will join the party as it will have its own app for the operating system.
Manuel Deschamps, a Twitter engineer, said the application will be available when the first Firefox OS devices begin to be released near the end of the year. The application is similar to the apps already exist for iOS and Android and function similarly. The application will include support for Web Activities, one of the unique features of Firefox OS. Thanks to this, you can tweet a photo from any app that also supports Web Activities.
Since Firefox OS is an operating system based primarily at web standards such as HTML5 for example, launch applications for this platform is not difficult for any developer that already has considerable experience in the mobile web, as is the case Twitter guys.

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Smartphones with Firefox OS could reach Japan

 

Japan has been identified as a potential market where smartphones that will run with the future of Mozilla's mobile operating system, called OS Firefox. The truth is that something weird would also be launched in the Japanese market as these smartphones, as stated, would be more oriented towards emerging markets of South America, and to our knowledge the Japanese market is emerging and Japan obviously not located on South American soil.

KDDI's president, who spoke at an event in HTML5, said they were considering the possibility of selling smartphones with operating system OS Firefox since the end of 2013 approximately.

Something that stands out about Mozilla's mobile platform will be based entirely on HTML5. So far, only two companies have confirmed that Firefox mobile OS created, and these are ZTE and TCL, while KDDI is assessing the situation.

What are your expectations for Firefox OS?

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Test your browser in the new Mozilla mobile OS

Mozilla has released the public a trial version of its future mobile operating system, called OS Firefox. Note that this is a very early version and it still has several errors, which obviously we report to be corrected by the development team. To test the new OS just need to install an extension to the Firefox browser on our computer or notebook , we can prove that is mobile operating system without having to install it on a smartphone .
This is a truly open system with which Mozilla plans to compete in emerging markets. Currently, the company is conducting research in Brazil for uses that gives middle-class people on their cell phones in order to adapt to Firefox OS needs these people.
Basic functions such as operating system calls, messaging and calendar are all based on HTML5. Firefox OS already has a few applications available that can be accessed through the trial, which also is expected to bring more developers to Project.
It is expected that the first smartphones with OS Firefox are launched next year.

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