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Working lots of months of anticipation, the first operating system to smartphones based on Mozilla Firefox. Spain's Telefonica started selling ZTE open today as a first step, a global rollout, which should see all the carrier's Firefox OS devices market in 2015.
Mozilla says that the phone is aimed at first-time smartphone users - People who are still using feature phones because they do not have the money or the need to switch to a smartphone. Telefonica-launch price of € 69 ($ 90), can be performed ZTE Unlock a serious competitor to the attention of users, but what can be expected from the device?
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Yesterday in San Francisco, Mozilla will try to brief journalists on the production version of the phone and Alcatel OneTouch fire, the Firefox OS-based device.
The main interface is quite similar to the Google-Android-or Apple-s iPhone. Applications can be arranged in a grid, which can be scrolled left or right to reveal more software. Along the bottom of the main screen of the four main function buttons. They can be customized, but by default the phone calls, text messaging, browser and e-mail.
The smartphone has already been shown, but the fresh out-of-the-box telephones will present users with a simple guide when first launched. Mozilla said that it provides a brief introduction to the phone and the ability to import Facebook contacts and set up early am This should prompt users with the ability to contact and communicate with old friends when they start to use the phone.
These programs include Firefox OS includes most things you'd expect, including the camera app, Photo Gallery, calculator, address book, music player, video player and FM radio program, if supported by hardware. Access to third-party applications include Twitter, Facebook, Nokia Here Maps, Wikipedia, Accu weather, and a game called Poppit.
Other apps, also you can take advantage of the market, Firefox is a web browser and see what is available. The selection of apps is not anywhere near as big or full access to the Apple-or Android platforms, but it is common for the new operating system. One of the biggest challenges the Mozilla developers are going to get.
On the hardware side, the two smartphones have large, bright displays, or show some response to the latest high-end smartphones, but buyers should not expect them to. As an entry-level phones, a better comparison would be countless low-end phones, which typically run Android 2.3 Gingerbread "."
Against the older generation Android phones for Firefox OS phone is not good. The ZTE Open did not seem to lag or slow down with use during my short test. Projects started relatively quickly and touchscreen is very responsive. A few times I ended up in places I did not mean to go, or because the screen is a bit too subtle, or because I tried to scroll the display button under my finger.
Two phones, I chose Alcatel One Touch Fire, partly due to its more rectangular form, which I found much more stylish than the rounder ZTE open, but that's personal preference.
Given a few minutes with my phones, I think that Firefox has an opportunity to attract some of the first-time smartphone users. But as the BlackBerry and Microsoft recently identified as a major platform for your apps will be critical to success. The current program can be a good choice for users just starting to smartphones, but it will get frustrating quickly if they see a program on the phone with friends or in the media, that they can not run