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Re:Firefox OS puts a good $50 smartphone within reach by doe88 on Thursday May 16, 2013 @06:01AM (#5717710)
Interesting, I think I'm interrested in getting one of these devices [1]. I'm wondering though if there are currently the only (preview) devices supporting Firefox OS? And if there are officially supported by Mozilla and will continue to officialy receive software updates in the near future? (I don't want to buy a device useless in 4 months).

[1] http://www.geeksphone.com/

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Re:Firefox OS puts a good $50 smartphone within reach by cji on Thursday May 16, 2013 @07:11AM (#5717906)
Mozilla has a list of supported devices (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/...), with the geeksphone devices being in Tier 1 support, and a couple of Android phones in Tier 2/3.
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Re:Firefox OS puts a good $50 smartphone within reach by doe88 on Thursday May 16, 2013 @07:13AM (#5717913)
Thanks for the link it's very helpful.
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Re:Firefox OS puts a good $50 smartphone within reach by binarymax on Thursday May 16, 2013 @06:36AM (#5717801)
I bought a keon when the shop first opened and received it last week. Since I've had it, I was able to update the OS on the phone itself. I didn't even need to plug it into a PC. It was slick.
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Re:Firefox OS puts a good $50 smartphone within reach by doe88 on Thursday May 16, 2013 @07:14AM (#5717919)
Ah Great to know, I'm really tempted by the Keon.

[edit] I decided to buy it, but they seem to not have many stocks, it's currently out of stock for both models.

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Re:Firefox OS puts a good $50 smartphone within reach by Jhsto on Thursday May 16, 2013 @08:29AM (#5718241)
The next update is planned to be released on 1st of May.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/Schedule_Roadmap

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