Meet The First Firefox OS Phones: Keon And Peak

Mozilla has declared a cooperation with Language start-up Geeksphone for two cellular mobile phones that run the HTML-5 centered Mozilla OS. The free application application group had declared previously at CES that they will be prepared with the OS in two-three several weeks.

GeekPhone's Keon and Optimum are Mozilla OS-running cellular mobile phones that are particularly designed with app developers and developers in mind. The supports of both cellular phones are brandished with the terms Mozilla OS Designer Review. Mozilla desires that getting two developer version gadgets out will help facilitate the procedure of developing an app environment before the future formal release of the OS.

The Keon, which will be available in Mozilla’s attribute lemon color, has specifications that belie its smart phone origins. It is operated by a single-core 1GHz Snapdragon S1 from Qualcomm, has 512MB of RAM and 4GB of on board storage space. It activities a 3.5” show with a 480 x 320 quality, placing it directly in the low-end classification. It also has a 3 mega-pixel photographic camera (no show, though) and Wi-Fi/3G antennas. 

The other system Optimum is predicted to deliver in a flat white-colored body. Although its specifications are not interesting by any indicates, the Optimum is predicted to be a more highly effective system as it is depending on an unspecified 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 SoC. Presently, neither Mozilla nor Geeksphone has declared whether the cores are underclocked Kraits or of the aging Cortex-A5 wide range. The smart phone has a 4.3-inch qHD show with a 960 x 540 quality. On the back is an 8 mega-pixel camera, associated with a show and there happens to be 2 mega-pixel front-facing photographic camera as well. Just like the Keon, the Optimum has 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage space.

As of now, there are no company information on the cost or accessibility for the Optimum, but Mozilla considers the first groups of Keon will be delivered out by next 30 days. The great thing is that one will not have to invest big dollars to area their arms on one of these beginning versions. Geeksphone statements the cellular phones will come with a cost tag “you could never have imagined” and their Tweets consideration said they will give more information about the “price and the provision during the next weeks”. So anticipate both designs to be competitively-priced.

Mozilla is also welcoming developers to Mozilla OS App Days, where they will have to be able to understand, crack and create applications for the Mozilla OS. The Mozilla Hackers website goes on to say, “Technologists and developers from the Mozilla group will existing resources and technological innovation designed to boost and assistance the Web foundation, such as cellular Web APIs to accessibility system components functions such as the accelerometer.”

Firefox OS uses a web system, eschewing exclusive systems and developers (and gradually, users) can accessibility information and applications across several gadgets. Mozilla has also launched a Mozilla OS simulation that allows developers to analyze out their HTML5, CSS and Javascript app.

Our latest study (it's still open) requested visitors which future OS they are more likely to choose over iOS and Android operating system. One of four options, Mozilla OS rests in second place with 15 % of all ballots.

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Mozilla Stresses Privacy While Testing New Social API In Firefox

Summary: Mozilla is testing a new API designed to connect Firefox better with social networks while asserting that it is keeping privacy in mind.

As part of the newest try out edition of Firefox, Mozilla is examining a new public API for the purpose of better linking and developing public media sites with the web browser.

Essentially, Mozilla is trying to bring public media functions to the individual without the individual having to always log in and fill the public system's website first. It's a way to prepare all of those force announcements and talk information straight into the web browser.

While developing public media sites in anyway possible is the anger these days, so is the subject of comfort and how this could slow down that.

Tom Lowenthal, who protects comfort and public policy on Mozilla's Privacy Blog, had written in a publish on Thursday that the new public functions are "completely opt-in" and are impaired until a individual trips a online community and elects to turn these functions on first.

    Once allowed, Firefox plenty several webpages from your online community over secure relationships. These webpages are handled just as if you would packed them in another web browser tab. They discuss biscuits and other information like normal but they don’t get any special therapy or additional information from Firefox, nor is information about your public activities sent to Mozilla. Facebook or myspace, for example, will know that you have turned on the feature and packed the webpages, just as if you had frequented the website.

Lowenthal mentioned the suggestions option as an example of where the web browser could offer better comfort than the online community itself.

    If we put this performance in Firefox instead, you can still communicate with your online community and discuss webpages, but without the potential monitoring by the public media sites. It also allows you to discuss webpages even if that page does not include public discussing icons. The suggest option in the URL bar — for Facebook or myspace, it’s a Like option — only delivers the page’s URL to your online community when you click on it.

Being that it was introduced a number of times in the publish, it is no shock that Facebook or myspace is the first online community applying Mozilla's new public API.

The statement of the public API follows the release of the Firefox Industry last week, with Android operating system device owners and designers getting a first break at the digital store.

 

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Firefox Bits App Store To Brave Android Users

Summary: Mozilla has opened its Firefox Marketplace app store for the first time in its latest test Aurora build of the browser for Android, asking early adopters and developers for their feedback.

Mozilla has opened its Firefox Marketplace, with Android device owners and developers getting the first access to the browser's app store.

 The access came on Friday, in the discharge of the latest 'Aurora' develop of Chrome for Android operating system. Aurora is meant for designers and beginning adopters, as it is the test flow of Mozilla's web browser. The store lets people and install web programs delivered via the web browser, and gives designers a position to promote their programs.

"We're hoping that Aurora users, our awesome beginning adopters, will go experience the Chrome Industry on their Android operating system phones and let us know what they think," Mozilla Laboratories technological innovation manager Bill Master said in a writing.

"Our goal is to gather as much real-life reviews as possible about the Marketplace's design, functionality, performance, stability, and content."

A several programs are already in position for examining, including Twitter and Soundcloud, Mozilla said.

"We designed the Chrome Industry to allow designers to develop, spread and monetise rich, immersive programs that use web technology like HTML, JavaScript and CSS," Mozilla had written in a launch publish.

The Industry program was designed this year, and designers began posting programs in Feb.

"It's still beginning for Chrome Industry Aurora — we'll be adding payments, scores, reviews and more soon — keep tuned in," Mozilla said.

As Aurora is the designs' development version of the web browser, it is modified frequently and may sometimes break. Mozilla said it desires to follow with a Industry for the Chrome web browser try out and Chrome OS releases next year.

Posted by Unknown Friday, October 19, 2012

Mozilla Shows Off Firefox OS Build On A ZTE Phone

Back in July, Mozilla declared that its cellular os, formally known as Mozilla Firefox OS, would be put into some low end cellular mobile phones starting in early 2013 in South america. The OS is depending on HTML5, the same terminology used to make websites and other programs.

Now videos clip has been published to the formal Chrome route displaying off the functions of Mozilla OS running on a designer phone by China producer ZTE, which you can view below.



The display, which was registered last Thrusday and submitted on Friday, reveals the contacting abilities, connections list, Mozilla Firefox web browser, exclusive key pad, digital camera, images collection, and Industry app for finding and installing additional software.

The movie also reveals an example of an app called Galactians2 by Space Creature Games being set up from the Industry (jump to 2.45) and then being released.

The big promoting feature for Mozilla Firefox OS is not only that it's free, all of its functions, such as texting, contacting, programs and more, will be depending on HTML5. Mozilla states:

    "Due to the search engine marketing of the foundation for entry-level cellular mobile phones and the elimination of needless middleware levels, cellular providers will have the ability to offer wealthier encounters at a variety of prices such as at the low end of the smart phone cost variety, assisting to drive adopting across creating marketplaces,"

You can also get in on the action, Mozilla is enabling anyone with a Microsoft windows, Linux system or Mac PC to check out and even test creates of Mozilla Firefox OS.

You can download the Firefox OS daily desktop builds right now. Head over to the Gaia Hacking Wiki page for instructions on how to set up your PC to install it.

Update: As some of the comments are already pointing out, the OS is laggy and choppy, but it is designed for low end phones, so don't expect much!

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Firefox OS Marketplace Screenshots Surface

Mozilla had declared the Chrome OS at the starting of September this season and mentioned that they had been working on a "Boot to Gecko" venture, which is generally a cellular os that is based on the Web and HTML5. Towards the end of the 30 days, the product declared the option the Chrome OS every night creates, which are available for examining from the Mozilla website. The newest information regarding this future os comes via Engadget in the form of some screenshots of the cellular Chrome Market.

A repor by Jon Fingas declares, “From what we've seen of the present shop, it's a considerable crack from the top-level store we saw back in the Start to Gecko days, in addition to Mozilla Market on the pc. The further discovery reveals a simple shop that's targeted on quickly sampling into individual groups rather than an large quantity of outlined programs. We're not seeing any stunning details -- there's only free programs noticeable in these starting pictures, for example -- but the collection is evidence that Mozilla is well on its way to fleshing out the primary of its OS for a release next season.”
For those not in the know, the Chrome OS for cellular mobile phone gadgets is designed on Mozilla’s “Boot to Gecko" venture, which opens many of the present restrictions of web growth on cellular, enabling HTML5 programs to accessibility the actual abilities of a mobile phone that were formerly only available to local programs. Telefónica’s Electronic device had connected with Mozilla starting this season to take this work and display a new mobile phone structure where every mobile phone function, such as contacting, texting, games, etc., is an HTML5 program.

Mozilla statements that due to the optimization of the foundation for entry-level mobile phones and the elimination of needless middleware levels, cellular providers will have the capability to offer wealthier encounters at a variety of prices, such as at the low-end of the smart mobile phone budget, assisting to generate adopting across creating marketplaces. Mozilla and all other members are dedicated to guaranteeing the venture is completely start and the referrals execution of the required Web APIs is being posted to W3C for standardisation.

Speaking at the statement, H Kovacs, CEO, Mozilla, said, “The release of the start cellular OS carries on the Mozilla objective to market visibility, advancement and chance on the Web for customers and designers.  As immeasureable customers are required to come online for the first time in in the future, it is important to provide a powerful smart mobile phone encounter that anyone can use. The high number of providers and producers now assisting this attempt will carry additional sources and variety to our international promotions.”

Also leaving comments at the statement of the Chrome OS, Matthew Key, Chair and CEO of Telefónica Electronic said, “Firefox OS will carry a better smart mobile phone encounter to a higher percentage of the inhabitants at a more affordable. This is essential for us to speed up the adopting of mobile phones in creating marketplaces. The depth of assistance for this attempt across the market makes it clear that there is an chance in the market for a new, start cellular environment.”

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, September 04, 2012