Mozilla Launches Firefox OS Devices In Stores, Opens Up App Payments

An anonymous reader writes "After almost two years of development, Mozilla today officially launched Firefox OS devices in stores. At the same time, the company has opened up payments for developers interested in charging for their apps or charging for content inside their apps. Last week, the first commercial Firefox OS devices arrived in Spain ready to be sold by Telefónica, starting on July 9 with the ZTE Open for €69 ($88.80) including VAT. Mozilla says Poland, Colombia, and Venezuela also have upcoming launches soon, and more countries will be joining the list as well, but today today marks the day official Firefox OS devices are available in store."

Comments

Re:Spain?

[Deathspawner]

It's an $88 USD offering, so that might be the point. Spain users might be able to latch onto it quicker than o thers.

Re:Waste of time

[Microlith]

Because it doesn't leak and crash all the time. Check your add-ons.

Re:Waste of time

[Microlith]

You obviously don't run Firefox constantly open for months at a time.

No, I let it update periodically which necessitates closing it. Sometimes I even reboot so my system can install patches.

if the browser can't handle addons without crashing and consuming all memory

So the browser is supposed to be capable of solving the halting problem?

One of the addons that I know that has some problems is the Flash Player plugin

That's not an addon. That's a plugin. Mozilla has isolated it via the plugin host but it is still its own, closed source executable. How the hell can you possibly hold Mozilla to task for problems in flash?

Here, let me fix this for you:

Just fix the damn browser please. And by fix I mean do the impossible and solve other people's problems.