Introducing Firefox OS for Smartphones and Tablet Computers

There are many Operating Systems for smartphones nowadays, which includes iOS, Android, Windows Phone OS, Blackberry OS, Meego, Bada, Tizen, Symbian, the coming Ubuntu (Ubuntu OS for Phones announced: Features, Videos, Photos, and more) and others.

And entering the battlefield of OS, let's welcome, the Firefox OS which is being developed by Mozilla who also produced the Firefox web browser.

What is Firefox OS?
Project Name: B2G or Boot to Gecko Firefox OS

It is an open source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers. It is designed to allow HTML5 applications to integrate directly with the device's hardware using JavaScript. It has been demonstrated on Android-compatible smartphones, and the Raspberry Pi.*
Firefox OS will produce an implementation of new Web standards to free mobile platforms compared to current mobile platforms. Mozilla promised a direct collaborations with OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and carriers, to give influence to meet the specific needs of their users and market. "Users and developers aren’t locked in to one platform, so they can access their info and use apps across multiple devices."*

With Firefox OS, using HTML5 and the new Mozilla-proposed standard APIs, developers everywhere will be able to create amazing experiences and apps and developers will no longer need to learn and develop against platform-specific native APIs. Firefox OS: the Web is the platform; users can get more choice, flexibility and freedom.

As we can see on the interface of the future Firefox OS provided by Mozilla, it looks like the combination of all current mobile operating systems existing, from menu, status bar, music player, FM radio, Gallery and Video.

But we are expecting and looking for a more advanced and new experience that it will be offered.

For related topic, Firefox OS phones namely Keon and Peak are the official first devices to run the upcoming Firefox OS.

Readers, are you planning and looking forward this Firefox OS? Why? or Why not?

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Firefox OS Developer Preview Phone coming in February!