The Legacy of Firefox OS

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Post by benfrancis » Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 5:34 PM UTC

Re: The Legacy of Firefox OS

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Post by doublepg23 » Mon, Jan 28, 2019, 2:59 PM UTC

I implore anyone interested in The Web, Operating Systems, project design/management etc, the mobile space...just about anyone really to read the original Story of Firefox OS and this follow up.

Re: The Legacy of Firefox OS

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Post by smush » Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 4:03 PM UTC

This is a great article. I'm of the opinion that if Firefox OS can be released on a Cheap for new developers or developing countries (or those of us that just can't stomach a >USD350 phone, much less >1k!) to obtain, which can spur app building, app build tooling, the whole ball of wax.

~30 apps in the KaiOS store? That could be a next gold rush to get the low-hanging fruits for apps, flashlights, XMPP clients, book library databases, freemium Pokemon Pikachu clones, and more.

I would purchase a KaiOS smartphone today if they actually existed and start working my way into the platform. Based on this article, the closest I could get is the JioPhone 2 which has a full QWERTY keyboard.