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ZTE is looking to expand to wearable computing devices, a senior company executive said in an interview with FierceWireless. The world’s No. 5 handset maker said it will “definitely” participate in and support “the new segment of broadband mobile devices” and is “investing a lot of resources” in “the different form factors for the next…
While Mozilla’s Firefox OS smartphones won’t be launching in the U.S. anytime soon, both the Alcatel One Touch and the ZTE Open are making their way to Latin America. The handsets will launch in Colombia and Venezuela through Movistar retail locations, and will launch in Brazil on Telefonica in Q4 2013. Firefox OS phones have…
Another Firefox OS powered smartphone is reportedly coming soon, with higher end specs than the already released Firefox OS devices. The new handset, the Geeksphone Peak+, will focus on bringing the Firefox OS into the limelight with high-end specs that will appeal to those who require beefy innards packed into their mobile devices. “There have been…
There’s no doubt that Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android mobile operating systems are the top two most used mobile operating systems today, but there are a few emerging mobile operating systems that are looking to claim the number three spot in usability, such as the Firefox OS and Tizen. Canonical’s Ubuntu Touch OS just received…
The Firefox OS powered Alcatel One Touch continues its journey across Europe, with Deutsche Telekom announcing that the affordable device will be available online through T-Mobile Poland tomorrow, and brick and mortar locations on July 15th. The One Touch, which launched in Spain on carrier Telefonica last week, will be available for 1 zloty and an…
Contrary to multiple rumors, Tizen is alive and well. The project which includes Samsung and Intel is launching the Tizen App Challenge, which will provide over $4 million in rewards to developers who contribute to the project. Tizen is a mobile OS that has been in development for some time, and is slated to replace…
The first two smartphones to tout Mozilla’s Firefox OS have been released today, and are available in Spain through mobile carrier Telefonica. The two devices, the ZTE Open and the Alacatel One Touch Fire are lower-end devices which sport touchscreens and are focused on providing functional specs at a low price point for emerging markets.…
According to a report from PCWorld, Mozilla isn’t just focusing on developing smartphones for use with it’s nacient Firefox OS. A tablet running on the Firefox OS is coming soon, although we’re not sure just how soon that will be. “I’m not going to project when, but I’m going to say we’re moving aggressively and…
Mozilla won’t follow Google’s footsteps and launch its own-brand Firefox OS smartphones. In an interview with DigiTimes, the company’s SVP of Mobile Devices and President of Mozilla’s Asia Operations, Li Gong, confirmed that we won’t be seeing anything like the Nexus series. Rather the popular browser maker may work on “reference models” that could be…
After the ZTE Open, we have Alcatel’s Firefox OS-based OneTouch Fire getting FCC’s seal of approval to be sold in the U.S. Yet again, this doesn’t mean any U.S. carrier will sell this phone and it just could be part of Mozilla’s efforts to make Firefox OS-powered devices available for developers in the country. Similarly…