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Title: Firefox OS


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Firefox OS
  • By Tyler Moore

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The Firefox Os
  • Firefox OS is about pushing the boundaries of
    what is possible with the Web on mobile and
    enabling entirely new segments of users to come
    online with their first smartphone. Its an open
    source mobile operating system based on Linux,
    open web standards and Mozilla's Gecko technology
    that provides a reinvention of what mobile
    platforms can be.

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What is it for?
  • Designed for
  • Smartphones
  • Tablets
  • Smart TVs
  • Can also work on desktops

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Linux kernel based and open sourced
  • Uses Gonk
  • Linux kernel and HAL
  • HAL hardware abstraction layer
  • Gonk is a device porting layer an adapter
    between the hardware and Gecko

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Gecko
  • The Gonk software was paired with the Gecko web
    browser engine
  • Geckos fuction is to read and render web content
    (examples HTML, CSS, XUL, JavaScript)

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User Interface Gaia
  • The front end of the operating system.
  • Default apps
  • Bluetooth, Browser, Calendar, Camera, Clock,
    Contacts, Cost Control, Dialer, FL. FM, Gallery,
    Homescreen, Keyboard, Music, PDF.js, Ringtones,
    Search, Setringtone, Settings, SMS, System,
    Video, Wallpaper, and WAPPush.

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Phases of Developement
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Downsides
  • Still being perfected
  • Multiple app stores
  • Possibly confusing to new smartphone users

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Upside
  • It is can fit on a small amount of memory
  • Makes it usable on very cheap phones letting it
    reach a new group of people who could not afford
    smart phones before.
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