Mozilla has been working on the ambitious Firefox OS for smartphones and
had already roped in five equipment makers. At the on-going Computex 2013
convention in Taiwan, Foxconn joins as the sixth equipment maker to work
closely with Mozilla for Firefox OS based phones and also, tablets.
Mozilla-Foxconn partnership also carried prototype tablets running Firefox
OS along with the smartphones at the Computex 2013.
Mozilla's Firefox OS is web browser technologies-based mobile operating
system that relies heavily on the HTML5 and other web technologies for
creating web apps. Foxconn and Mozilla will be working together to work
closely on the development of the Firefox OS based smartphones and tablets.
Young Liu, the general manager of Foxconn's Innovation Digital System
Business Group said in a statement that, "Firefox OS from Mozilla is based
on HTML5 and open web technologies. The whole idea perfectly matches to the
strategies promoted by Foxconn."
At the announcement, Mozilla and Foxconn showed off an unnamed/branded
tablet running Firefox OS along-side the smartphones. Foxconn plans to make
at least five other Firefox OS based devices but none of them would be
Foxconn branded. The updated list of Firefox OS hardware partners include
Foxconn, ZTE, Huawei, Alcatel, LG and Sony Mobile.
As of now, there is no way one can compare Firefox OS with other
established mobile operating systems. Only after the Firefox OS based
smartphones and tablets are available to the consumers is when one can
really test it out. As of now, the Firefox OS based smartphones are
expected only by next year, that too starting with US region only.
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