Tag: Firefox OS

Mozilla’s Firefox OS stick is looking to challenge Chromecast

Mozilla is working on a streaming device that’s meant to compete with Google’s Chromecast. The latter is a stick that can be plugged into the HDMI port of a television and allows you to stream content from a smartphone, tablet, or computer directly to your TV. Mozilla’s device will be quite similar to Chromecast except that it will ...

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Tags: Chromecast, Firefox OS, Google, hardware, Leak, Mozilla, open-source, Price, software, stick, streaming device

India will introduce $25 Firefox OS smartphones

Two companies in India are planing to introduce unlocked smartphones as cheap as $25. These phones are going to run the Firefox OS. This is a browser-based operating system so it runs a version of Firefox that’s light enough to run on mobile phones hardware. It’s basically a stripped-down OS that doesn’t run native apps like ...

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Tags: $25, Android, Android KitKat, Android OD, Apple, browser-based, cheap, Firefox, Firefox OS, Google, hardware, India, iOS, low price, low-end, Mozilla, smartphones, Tizen, Windows Phone

Geeksphone Revolution available in Europe

Geeksphone, the Spain-based phone manufacturer, announced that Revolution, a smartphone capable of running Android as well as the Firefox OS, is now officially available in Europe. Geeksphone’s MultiOS technology allows users to switch between Android and Boot2Gecko by Mozilla, or any other community-supported OS. The Firefox OS is Mozilla’s attempt to bring a web-first focus ...

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Tags: Android, Boot2Gecko., Firefox OS, Geeksphone, Geeksphone Revolution, Mozila