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Firefox OS: Disruptive By Aiming Low

Posted by timothy on from the picture-worth-1k-words dept.

judgecorp writes "As Apple launches a new slightly-improved iPhone 5, Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich says if you want a really disruptive phone you should look to Firefox OS. It's a low-cost low-end device — and that's the point. It uses standards so should be resistant to patent infringement suits, it will fit on featurephone-grade hardware, and it will run HTML5 apps without the restriction of native apps in an app store. In other words, it's aiming for the next 2 billion smartphone users, people who can't afford the iPhone/Android model." Reader rawkes has some (very warm) thoughts about Firefox OS, too, which helpfully includes both screenshots and a video demo.

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  1. Re:What a concept! by A12m0v · · Score: 1, Funny

    And needs 8 GB of ram!!!!

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  2. Re:Apple will sue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple will sue

    The homepage is a grid of icons with 4 icon dock in the bottom,

    It's okay, the icons are round so they should be safe.

    ...Until a jury decides a circle is just a square with extremely rounded corners.

  3. Disruptive.... by dyingtolive · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I want my phone to be 'disruptive', I usually just turn up the volume and then set my ringtone to some pop song...

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  4. Re:I read the title... by macraig · · Score: 4, Funny

    Better tardy to the party than huddled at home with a bag of Cheetos.