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The not-for-profit company squares up to Apple and Google as it reveals bold plans to enter the world of smartphones.
Mozilla - the company behind the Firefox web browser - is to take on Android and Apple iOS and release its own mobile operating system. Using standard HTML 5 web language, Mozilla says its system will be able to operate on more basic devices than current smartphones. The first crop of handsets will be inexpensive touchscreen devices made by the likes of Huawei and LG, and will run on Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. Phones using the new system will appear this summer, starting with Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Mexico, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Spain and Venezuela. Mozilla says that 18 phone networks are backing the venture, including Deutsche Telekom of Germany and Sprint Nextel in the US.....Read more here
Mozilla - the company behind the Firefox web browser - is to take on Android and Apple iOS and release its own mobile operating system. Using standard HTML 5 web language, Mozilla says its system will be able to operate on more basic devices than current smartphones. The first crop of handsets will be inexpensive touchscreen devices made by the likes of Huawei and LG, and will run on Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. Phones using the new system will appear this summer, starting with Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Mexico, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Spain and Venezuela. Mozilla says that 18 phone networks are backing the venture, including Deutsche Telekom of Germany and Sprint Nextel in the US.....Read more here
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