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Mozilla Teams Up With Foxconn; Tablet On the Way?

Posted by timothy on from the iceweasel-devices-will-be-gnu-licensed-instead dept.

The Register is one of several outlets reporting (based on a Reuters report) that Mozilla is working with Foxconn on a mobile device and "plans to unveil it at an event next week." Firefox OS is already running on other makers' phones; CNET speculates that this new device may be a tablet, which matches the Register's "insider" information.

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  1. Foxconn? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Isn't that the Chinese factory where the working conditions are notoriously awful? I'd except better from a non-profit such as Mozilla than a deal with that kind of partner...

  2. Re:Oh that makes sense by JDG1980 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oh wow, that really makes sense because Mozilla makes good products and Foxconn makes ultra low quality crap like for example MP3 players that fail within a month and the world's worst motherboards.

    Foxconn builds to whatever price point the customer wants. If you order cheap crap, they'll build cheap crap. If you pay extra for a high-quality product (as Apple does), then that's what you'll get.

    The workers get treated like crap either way, though.