Mozilla formally introduced rival iOS and Android

Mozilla plans to enter the market for mobile operating systems, becoming a competitor of Apple and Google. The exhibition MWC in Barcelona developer popular browser showed the first commercial version of the mobile platform Firefox OS. Firefox OS is entirely based on open web standards, and requires much less hardware smartphones power than most modern devices.

According to the company, Mozilla has partnered with 18 mobile operators that will offer its customers smartphones running Firefox OS. Among the partners - Etisalat, China Unicom, Telenor, Hutchinson, Deutsche Telekom and Telecom Italia.

Smartphones based on Firefox OS will be released by four manufacturers: ZTE, Alcatel, Huawei and LG, all models built on the processor Qualcomm. According to the senior vice president of the Mozilla products Jay Sullivan, gadgets will be available this summer in Brazil, Colombia, Poland, Montenegro, Serbia, Mexico, Spain, Hungary, and Venezuela. For example, the Spanish Telefonica from July this year to sell the new smartphone OS for less than $100.

Situation where the market is dominated by 2.3 operating system, wrong, according to analysts: the consumer has enough choice, and manufacturers of these operating conditions dictate both developers and users. Firefox - popular browser and it gives us hope that Mozilla will be able to create high-quality operating system.

In contrast to the mobile operating systems iOS and Android, Firefox OS uses the open standard HTML5. This means that applications for Firefox OS will be able to create all who are familiar with the programming for the web. Download the software will be of Firefox Marketplace - analogue App Store and Google Play.

Initially the device to Mozilla-platform take the budget segment, and now offers two public phones - Alcatel One Touch Fire and ZTE One.

Specifications Alcatel One Touch Fire include a 3.5-inch screen with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, a processor with a clock speed of 1GHz, 256MB RAM, flash drive of 512 MB, microSD-card slot, 3.2-megapixel main camera , interfaces, 3G HSPA, GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and FM-radio, removable 1400mAh battery. Model ZTE One repeats the above characteristics, the only battery capacity of 1200mAh.