Operating system Mozilla gets serious with its mobile OS

Operating system Mozilla gets serious with its mobile OS

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Mozilla is taking a major step towards bringing B2G, its browser-based mobile operating system to the real world, by getting mobile network operator Telefonica as a “serious” partner.Tech site CNET reported Mozilla is also fortifying its ties with mobile processor maker Qualcomm to make the hardware for the first phones running on B2G.”A lot of people can afford the kind of phone we&39;re building. These are not t, high-end smartphones,”CNET quoted Brendan Eich, Mozilla&39;s chief technology officer and the initial inventor of the JavaScript programming language, as saying.B2G stands for Boot to Gecko, with Gecko being the engine behind Mozilla&39;s Firefox web browser.It includes a version of Linux which is invisible to programmers.CNET said Mozilla is banking on price as a sales pitch, with component cost of only about $50.Eich said he believes the Web apps will rOperating systemun st on lower-end hardware so manucturers won&39;t have to spOperating system Mozilla gets serious with its mobile OSend so much to achieve good performance.On the other hand, Carlos Domingo, Telefonica Digital&39;s director of product development and innovation, saidTelefonica&39;s objective is to drive HTML5 adoption across the industry.”From our experience in Latin America we know that a huge part of the market is not being catered for by current smartphones. With new open Web devices we will be able to offer a smartphone experience at the right price point for these customers,” CNET quoted him as saying.Also, CNET said Mozilla wants everything standardized so that Apple or Google could build Boot to WebKit, the browser engine they use, and Microsoft could build Boot to Trident.Meanwhile, Mozilla is coming up with the “Mozilla Marketplace” to help with software sales and distribution, the equivalent of Apple&39;s App Store and Android&39;s Android Market.But this app store is envisioned to be able to integrate with others app stores by exchanging digital receipts, CNET said.— TJD, GMA News