So there’s this company with a great idea to launch a new mobile OS. It’s going to be open source and available to any manufacturer who wants it.
But if you want the branding, you need to meet some minimum specifications. Don’t worry, they are minimum.
Worked great for Google right? But is this really going to be a winning strategy for Firefox?
What are they offering that existing OSes don’t?
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Certified ‘Powered by Firefox OS’ devices require Firefox Marketplace, minimum hardware specs
Mozilla says that in order for Firefox OS phones to bear the Firefox logo, they’ll need to meet a variety of software and hardware requirements, including mandatory installations of the Firefox…
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Really open software, as opposed to Android’s faux openness?
As far as I know it will be fully open source just like the browser.
Though i expect the manufacturers will still lock down the phones.