Mozilla and Partners Prepare to Launch First Firefox OS Smartphones

Re:Mozilla and Partners Prepare to Launch First Firefox OS S... by slacka on Monday July 01, 2013 @11:04AM (#5971098)

There is nothing wrong with the previews I read, but I did accidentally paste the wrong link. Here it is:

http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/geeksphone-keon/4505-645...

Hard as it is for me to admit, MS did an amazing job with Windows Mobile 8. For low-end hardware it gives a silky smooth OS performance. On the apps side though, I wasn't too impressed with the Nova 3 and Asphalt 7 on the phone I tested. I'm not sure if this is a fault of the OS, hardware, or just that iOS developers have more experience optimizing for that platform. Given the same hardware, I'd put money on iOS, Win8, and even Android (w/ NDK) outperforming Firefox OS.

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Re:Mozilla and Partners Prepare to Launch First Firefox OS S... by Yoric on Monday July 01, 2013 @11:59AM (#5971474)

Indeed, it seems that their experience was not very good using a pre-release version of FirefoxOS. Given that my less powerful phone is very responsive, I am confident that this is a temporary glitch that has been fixed already or, at worst, will be soon.

So I'll take your bet :)

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Re:Mozilla and Partners Prepare to Launch First Firefox OS S... by untog on Monday July 01, 2013 @12:53PM (#5971883)

Hard as it is for me to admit, MS did an amazing job with Windows Mobile 8.

Why is that hard to admit?

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Re:Mozilla and Partners Prepare to Launch First Firefox OS S... by slacka on Monday July 01, 2013 @01:33PM (#5972214)

After upgrading to an iPhone from a Treo 700w (and Win Mo 2003 phone before that), it's hard for me to admit to myself or believe that MS has made such a 360 in mobile UX.

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Re:Mozilla and Partners Prepare to Launch First Firefox OS S... by iSnow on Monday July 01, 2013 @05:45PM (#5973791)

180° maybe?

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