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Foxconn Betting Big On Firefox OS

Posted by timothy on from the ok-but-where's-the-ice-weasel-phone? dept.

jfruh writes "Foxconn is firmly identified in the public mind as the company that manufactures iPhones and iPads. But the company is looking to forge its own identity, and sees Firefox OS as the means to do so. To that end, Foxconn is hiring thousands of developers to help work on the open source phone OS and Foxconn's own suite of cloud services."

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  1. FireFoxconn by Spy+Handler · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope they succeed!

    -Sent from my iPhone

    1. Re:FireFoxconn by BLToday · · Score: 3, Funny

      What if News Corp decided to get into the phone business and have their phone manufacture by Foxconn running Firefox OS with exclusive content from FOX Entertainment ? Would that be FOXFirefoxconn? Or just FXFFX?

    2. Re:FireFoxconn by dougisfunny · · Score: 3, Funny

      The sound of someone trying out the nets?

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  2. How about a Cloud OS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    How about a Cloud OS? A VM OS that lives in the cloud and sends screens (instead of data) to your PC, tablet, phone, etc. It will have blazing fast network access, can add cores, RAM, disk space with a click. If you are a geek, you can probably do this, but there are so many details to work out and it violates the terms of service for many hosting places. Make it cheap and easy for the masses. The tech is there, but it isn't mainstream.

    1. Re:How about a Cloud OS? by master5o1 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm sure you can store a snapshot of your system at any time. To run an app offline, simple view the snapshot in an image viewer.

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  3. Re:Have Fun Wrangling by WillgasM · · Score: 4, Funny

    by being asian

  4. Re:FireFoxConn OS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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