Mozilla renames Boot to Gecko to Firefox OS

Posted on Tuesday, July 03 2012 @ 21:24 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Mozilla announced it has renamed its "Boot to Gecko" project to "Firefox OS". This new mobile operating system is anticipated to hit smartphones in 2013.

Mozilla have just announced that they are renaming Boot to Gecko to Firefox OS, the company has talked of having support from multiple carriers worldwide, as well as a couple of device manufacturers. Firefox OS is a totally open source OS, and its interface it built from HTML5 and CSS web standards, making it very customizable.

A proof of concept was recently shown off running on Samsung's GALAXY S II, with the company pointing out its responsiveness to touch input, a 3D graphics demo, a full SMS client and on-screen keyboard, as well as a store for various web apps. The first Firefox OS-powered device will feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and should launch sometime in early-2013 in Brazil through Telefonica's Vivo brand of entry-level handsets.

Source: TweakTown

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