Firefox OS: operating system masquerading as browser

 

Firefox OS is becoming more real and less nebulous: the Mozilla project is revealed in new photos very interesting fact, which are accompanied by rumors about its nature. According to leaked is not in fact an operating system in its own right as to all intents and purposes a browser installed on any mobile device - so with Android, Windows Phone or Apple's iOS - with advanced features. Allow access to the main features and controls of the device and pay particular attention to the area entrylevel, mobile phones cheaper. It will be fully open-source, so open to expansions and additions developed by programmers and customizable, and based on HTML 5.






And 'since last autumn 2011 we are talking about Firefox OS, then in July came from the official Mozilla that at first was called Boot To Gecko. Of course, the name that includes one of the most popular web browser will have a different value especially commercial. New screenshots have emerged that suggest how you will organize the new OS will not be a direct rival of the various Android, Apple iOS and Windows Phone as an alternative that can coexist simultaneously. You can probably install on official platforms.

On the other hand it is unthinkable to imagine a descent into the field from the main door: probably focus will thus parallel control interface. It is already working to standardize over 40 API so as to make the application compatible with all possible software can also work offline even give the best of themselves online. He will be accompanied by a market of applications called Firefox OS Marketplace, which of course will need to grow and populate.

The images that found in gallery refer to a demo shown on a device branded ZTE which is the Chinese colossus specialized especially in the field EntryLevel. An indication that Firefox OS could go to just point to this fruitful category of devices. The agreements have already been signed with the key actors of the Old Continent and South America as Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom as well as our Telecom Italy and Sprint in the U.S.