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The new platform combines HTML5 with some of the core elements of Linux technology, cutting the need for a separate operating system and enabling fast roll-out of new phone models.

Cutting some layers of a traditional operating system allows the new platform to be used on smartphones with lower processing power and with lower cost materials.

Telefonica has said the phone price will be significantly cheaper than the low-end Android models, meaning Firefox phones can be priced at levels around $50 excluding operator subsidies.

This compares with prices around $200 for most smartphones.

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I didn't see this posted yet.
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post #2 of 17
It looks cheezy but I'm sure it will improve prior to release. Always good to see more competition.

Trying to find the article I read earlier today with pics but can't find it, maybe it got taken down...
Edited by mtbiker033 - 7/2/12 at 3:39pm
 
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What's Firefox?
    
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 8-Ball View Post

What's Firefox?

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

a open source web browser
 
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Awesome! Lowering the cost barrier is nice, and more diversity in the market will be great to see. The source mentions pay-as-you-go smartphones: sweet! I'd love to try the FF phone.

I'm curious, though, what similarities it will have to the Firefox browser - how will they port their experience there to a phone OS? Color me intrigued.

edit: I use FF as my main browser, so I'm hoping for excellent things.
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what happened to that other phone Mozilla showed that CGI trailer of?
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post #7 of 17
I'm intrigued, but I don't have much hope. I don't think that JS performance is high enough.

OT: If Firefox is busy trying new things, why not offer an alternative language for JS. I would love to see a lisp language (rather than the "lisp in C's clothing" like JS) for a better paradigm and better performance (being compiled is normal and static typing can be incorporated for better performance).
post #8 of 17
Hard market to approach, unless they severely undercut prices and convince the flip-phone users to switch to their system. Also, Mozilla's major source of income was donations and Google, but neither are going to be viable in the mobile OS.

HTML5 has to be adopted better also for this phone to have a good amount of apps. Waiting a few years is a good idea.
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Firefox is notorious to memory leaks and crashes. Now on a phone? Meh... do not pass go, do not collect $200.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Warmonger View Post

Firefox is notorious to memory leaks and crashes. Now on a phone? Meh... do not pass go, do not collect $200.

Source of claims and which versions? Blanket generality will always hold you down.

That said...I'm more interested in Shuttleworth getting a buntu phone going.
     
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