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ZTE unveiled its new Firefox OS hardware today at MWC, showing off the smartphone dubbed the Open. The device will be launching in Q2 in variuous markets, and will come in two different color schemes, orange and blue. The phone resembles some of the lower end plastic shelled devices from Android’s past, and has a nice soft grip on the back. It’s 3.5 inch screen is a little smaller than we are used to these days, but provides a nice feel and fits right into the hand.
The specs of the Open include a Cortex-A5 Cortex-A5-based Qualcomm processor, running at either 600MHz or 800MHz, 256MB of RAM, 512 MB of storage, which is expandable, and a 3.2 MP camera on the back. It sports a 480 x 320 screen, which by today’s standards is a bit sub-par. But ZTE is targeting emerging markets and users who do not yet have smartphones, and are not already partial to an existing mobile OS. Carriers will be able to customize their handsets by providing their own apps for customers.
So far we have heard that a U.S. release of the phone will be sometime in 2014. Check out the hands on photos below for a glimpse into what ZTE has in store for us.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
