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Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We tend to abbreviate Firefox OS "FxOS".

The marketing guy in me wants to suggest FFOS since it immediately evokes "fast forward" in my mind. (though to be honest, gamers will come back with the expected, "WHAT!? Final Fantasy OS???" :P

Don't forget how close it is to FOSS.

Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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post #44

Darn, Keon is sold out. I wanted a small smartphone. OS aside, I'm hoping Firefox OS (is there an official abbreviation we can use) will rejuvenate the small screen smartphone market.

Weird.. I just checked and Keons are still available (i saw the out of stock just now too..).. Try again?

And it's back! Though I'd be hesitant to make any purchases, considering how fickle the site's performance is at the moment.

Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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Hmm, since the website is pretty much hosed, I can't see what it says, but... Even if it ships worldwide, as somebody mentioned, how can one tell whether it actually works with ? There's no doubt a lot of coarse-grained commonality between different carriers in different countries, but there also seem to be many differences when you get down to the details, and a lot of incentive to add gratuitous minor incompatibili…

I'm not familiar with the situation in Europe/USA, but I've never had trouble using a GSM phone with any GSM SIM card from any carrier in Asia. I'm not sure about the situation for CDMA or LTE.

It's the same in Europe, unlocked (GMS) phones work everywhere.

Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

#55

How open is the hardware? Are the drivers open source?

Apologies for replying without an answer, but I'd love to know this as well. Additionally, how/where is the hardware produced? I'd gladly pay twice this and more for full openness software/hardware/ethics-wise.

Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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No Serbia on the list even though official statements said it will be one of the first countries where phones will be available, so I sent them an email regarding that. I was amazed when less than 1 hour later, I got an email reply !!! "Dear Boris, We took some countries out because of maintenance, but we'll put Serbia back on the list, don't worry, thanks for the remark and sorry for the inconveniences."
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