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Firefox OS-Powered Smartphone
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It seems
Mozilla is getting serious with the Firefox OS-powered smartphones as it is
reportedly offering a developer phone to programmers who will make apps for the
Firefox Marketplace.
Havi Hoffman
of Mozilla posted recently that the company are willing to make the apps that
on the Marketplace if the programmers have a great idea for an app and can
create it. The company will also provide a Firefox OS Developer Preview device
to the programmers, which they can use to develop the app. The Firefox OS is
expected to be formally launched by summer.
Hoffman
added that once the Firefox OS-powered smartphones become available in the
market, the programmers will have the chance of being the first ones to post
their apps on the Firefox Marketplace. A number of users in selected markets
will be looking for apps that they can use on their smartphones. These apps may
include games, utilities, tools, entertainment, sports and other apps.
Since the
apps for the Firefox OS are browser-based, they are expected to load websites
that are specially designed for mobile devices. This will allow the OS of
Mozilla to start strong since it can already load a number of popular websites.
The
challenge that programmers will face is how to create an app that is suitable
for devices that have limited hardware capabilities. The company is also aiming
to ensure that these apps will work on these devices. The first FirefoxOS-powered smartphones were intended to be promoted in developing markets,
where the price tag is an important consideration when consumers acquire a
smartphone.
The
first-generation phones using the Firefox OS were unveiled by Mozilla during
the Mobile World Congress last February. They became available in the recently
through Geeksphone. Sony, LG, ZTE, and Alcatel are expected to released their
own models of a Firefox OS-powered smartphone, although the launch schedule for
these devices remains uncertain for the moment.
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