Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS

Re:Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS by mathattack on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @12:50PM (#7025084)

Exactly - are we hoping for Firefox to win, or just to survive?

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Re:Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS by sp332 on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @03:29PM (#7026350)

I don't care if the Firefox OS wins, as long as its APIs are standardized and incorporated into other OS's.

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Re:Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS by sp332 on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @03:41PM (#7026439)

But there are a lot of APIs required. Web apps didn't have access to even basic things like the phone dialer before (on Android or iOS at least).

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Re:Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS by Groxx on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @01:03PM (#7025203)

Probably to win over a different target: Nokia.

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Re:Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS by sliverstorm on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @02:02PM (#7025663)

In that case, I'm sure not hoping for them to win. Nokia hardware has always been my favorite.

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Re:Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS by fabrice_d on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @03:56PM (#7026551)

Firefox OS is not tied to one hardware manufacturer. Indeed Nokia hardware is great - I'd like to find time to port fxos on my n9!

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Re:Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS by sliverstorm on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @04:46PM (#7026953)

Clearly Nokia has switched OS at least once (Windows Phone) but I see them a lot like iPhones. The software and hardware comes as a package. They are apart from the Samsung/HTC/Huawei/LG/IForgetTheRest group that runs whatever OS is useful.

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