ZTE's Firefox OS Phone Already Sold Out on eBay

[exfileme]

That was quick, not as quick as the developer-only phones earlier this year.

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[teh_chem]

"While the phone seems to be a bit outdated in the hardware department, keep in mind that Firefox OS is based on HTML5, JavaScript and other web-based technologies; it doesn't necessarily need the hardware that's packed behind the newer iOS and Android platforms."

HTML5, JavaScript, and other web-based technologies benefit greatly from faster processors (and likewise, experience suffers greatly from slower processors). I would be very skeptical that a 1GHz single-core CPU with 256MB of RAM allows for a good smartphone user experience under any circumstance.

 

[velocityg4]

"For example, search for your favorite music artist and get results to buy your favorite song, concert tickets or even listen to your favorite song instantly," Mozilla states. "Making it possible for you to create these one-time use or downloadable apps on demand gives you a completely customized experience and helps you get the exact content you want, when you want it."

Just made me think they could have a real winner if it did automatic torrent searches and connected to the internet through a VPN that keeps no logs. They'd blow Android out of the water. That's probably the only way they could hope to make headway in an entrenched and saturated market.

I have no idea why the quote is duplicated. I started with qutemsg and ended with /quotemsg

 

[rwinches]

Wait didn't Google already do this with Chrome OS?
Both are Open Linux based WEBie OSs that run HTML5 WEB apps.

Oh Firefox OS on a phone I see, my how different, how special.