Firefox OS devices officially released

I wonder why ZTE chose to sell this device thru operators. Just push them to retailers or sell online with worldwide delivery!

Presumably lowers the risk: try the devices out on a smaller market, iron out the inevitable bugs, and then release worldwide?

Lower costs, too: Telefónica will be paying for most of the marketing, the sales channels, they might also be providing engineering help...

I'll be very interested to see how well these take off in the countries they're launched in.

I don't see them as much of a competitor in the UK/US/etc.- the people there that want a smartphone have one that's much more higher powered.

But in countries where most people can't currently afford smartphones, this offers them the chance of having one. And if they can then start to cannibalise sales from beneath, they have a chance of being a real global competitor.

I'm curious - does it automatically get the latest version of FF when it's released for desktop/Android? And does it support all of the functionality that comes with it?

i.e. will it now have the asm.js optimisations and similar?