As an idealistic thought experiment, the truly open Firefox OS (formerly Boot 2 Gecko) is captivating -- but in reality, as it prepares to enter one of the world's most fiercely competitive markets, ...

Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, has become the latest company to back Mozilla’s Firefox OS and is developing more than five devices running the mobile operating system ...

Mozilla has announced the global expansion of Firefox OS, with various major players getting on board with the open mobile operating system, including O2 owner Telefónica. At the Mobile World Congress ...

The Mozilla Foundation (in partnership with GeeksPhone) has just revealed that the first “Developer Preview” phones will be shipping with the new, Open Source, “Firefox OS” very, very shortly – ...

Figure 1. Mozilla's Firefox OS is designed for mobile platforms like smartphones providing functionalitysimilar to Android and iOS. The front facing browser interface makes it easier to customize. In ...

Back in 2013, when the iPhone and Android had cornered the smartphone market, a plucky new mobile operating system showed up that promised to bring a new kind of smartphone. One that was entirely ...

Mozilla has lifted the lid on the first two devices to run its forthcoming Firefox OS, making them available developer preview handsets or purchase in February. The mobiles named the Keon and the Peak ...

Sony is the latest company to announce plans to release a phone featuring Mozilla’s open source and web-based Firefox OS. The Next Web reports that Sony and Spanish wireless operator Telefonica ...

Introduced in January 2013, Firefox OS is a new mobile, Linux-based open source operating system for smartphones from Mozilla, a free software community also known as the creators of the Firefox Web ...

Mozilla has been planning its attempt at a mobile OS for a long time. After being heavily rumored for months, it unveiled "Boot to Gecko" at MWC 2012, and in the year since has developed it into more ...

Telefónica will be the first to offer a commercial smartphone based on Firefox OS. The Spanish operator will start selling the ZTE Open on Tuesday for €69 ($90) with a prepaid subscription. Firefox OS ...