The introduction of Firefox OS is coming at the right time to feed consumer demands.
In the immediate future, Firefox OS will be more of a challenge to Google Android.
Firefox OS is yet another mobile platform built entirely on HTML5 that treats websites as apps.
Firefox OS is a new mobile operating system built entirely using open web standards.
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It has rather puzzled me, the existence of this Firefox OS for phones from Mozilla.
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The organization expects Firefox OS devices to launch this summer, first in Colombia, Poland, Spain and Venezuela.
The unfortunate truth is that Firefox OS just doesn't offer anything that consumers in developed markets want.
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Strategy Analytics have suggested that Firefox OS will account for 1% of the global smartphone market in 2013.
But tell that to Mozilla, which held a press conference unveiling progress with its Firefox OS mobile operating system.
The back of the Peak sports the camera, LED flash and the branding of a Firefox OS developer device.
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The devices based on Firefox OS will be introduced first in emerging markets.
Mozilla, which is a not-for-profit organization, is giving away Firefox OS for free.
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For obviously any Firefox OS will use Google as the default search option, as with the basic browser deal.
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Mozilla, the maker of the popular Firefox, browser is expected to bring a Firefox OS to market this year.
Moreover, Firefox OS will provide an alternative to Android for those device manufacturers who want to reduce their reliance on Google.
The first Firefox OS powered devices are expected to launch commercially in Brazil in early 2013 through Telefonica's commercial brand, Vivo.
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It doesn't have the big names attached to it like Firefox OS and Tizen, but it feels a lot slicker to us.
They are lashing themselves to Firefox OS in the hope that it will lead to more money for them down the line.
Firefox OS marks a significant milestone for the industry, enabling for the first time devices to be manufactured to totally open web standards.
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Geeksphone has already shipped more than 10, 000 devices tailored to run Firefox OS, the new web-based mobile phone platform coded by Mozilla, to developers.
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But Firefox OS isn't the last stop for the payment platform, as it'll be headed to the desktop browser and Firefox for Android soon.
As you can see, the specs on the Peak aren't anything to email home about, but for a Firefox OS device, it's certainly above-average.
ENGADGET: Geeksphone Peak hands-on: a midrange Firefox OS phone from Spain (video)
If Firefox OS is a success it should help drive the creation of HTML5 apps, which by their nature should work on any smartphone.
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Let's start with the basic premise of Firefox OS. Like Chrome OS, there's little more here than a web browser running on top of Linux.
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HTML5 apps are cheaper and easier to create, and can work across different platforms like Firefox OS, though they fall down on offering high-spec features.
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Alongside the big four, we now have Ubuntu, Firefox OS and the latest version of Tizen all elbowing each other for room.
It's not quite the same as the mystery device we saw sporting Firefox OS at CES, but its specs seem almost as basic.
The tech industry has been abuzz with news that the first, available Firefox OS phones sold out within a few hours of going on sale today.
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Mozilla's fledgling Firefox OS has yet to seed out to actual consumers, but when it does an "easy and secure" payment platform should be in place.
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