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ZTE to announce a Firefox OS smartphone at Mobile World Congress

By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 7:17 AM

Aside from the Grand Memo phablet, ZTE will also unveil a Firefox OS-based smartphone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The short announcement they’ve sent to the press mentions two hashtags to follow on Twitter – #ZTEGrandMemo and #ZTEMozilla.

So what could the latter stand for? That’s right – it will be the Chinese company’s first device running Mozilla’s mobile platform.

We know what to expect from the Firefox OS but are still not sure there’s room on the market for another platform. We will try to get some quality hands-on time with this device, nevertheless. Stay tuned…

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  • Anonymous

    ZTE could help Mozilla get some market share in China, that’s for sure…