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OS Firefox Mobile, Threat to Android and iOS?

Ahead of the event Mobile Wold Congress (MWC) in Bercelona, ​​Mozilla introduces Firefox operating system for the smart phone category. 

Firefox OS supplied an alternative operating system to be low-end smart phones in emerging markets. The operating system is built on HTML5-based applications.  

In the early stages, Firefox operating system will appear on all phones are powered by a Qualcomm processor. A number of vendors who are interested in covering Alcatel One Touch, LG, and Chinese mobile phone manufacturer ZTE, which will be introduced on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, ​​on 25 to 28 February 2013.  

Reporting from Computerworld, Monday 25 February 2013, Huawei is also rumored to be releasing Firefox smart phone around the end of this year.  

In addition to the mobile phone manufacturers, there are 18 operators operating system market share Firefox, including the AMA (c) rica MA3vil, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, the Japanese operator KDDI, Sprint, Telecom Italia, TelefA3nica, and Telenor. 

Operators are spread in Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Mexico, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Spain and Venezuela. There are no related information release in Indonesia. While the Americans had to wait until 2014, after the market Firefox OS in developing countries is strong enough. 

Mozilla said the company does not need to build a new ecosystem for Mozilla Firefox OS recall can take advantage of all the development of HTML5. 

At the Mobile World Congress later, Mozilla will showcase new OS integration with Facebook and Nokia mapping application platform Here. As Google Play Store, various applications will be available in Firefox Market. 

Attendance Firefox OS would be a new threat for iOS and Android in particular, two applications are both based HTML-5. Because the Firefox OS will soon run on mobile phones to lower middle class. 

However, where the position of Firefox OS and how to market trends as it is still difficult to predict, at least until a few months since Firefox OS launched. 

According to Ovum, the IT consultancy in London, the real proof Firefox OS and its long-term prospects can be seen from the quality and experience of software users and developers. 

"What is clear from the demonstration Firefox mobile operating system, we see there are some things that are ready to be released to the market, still slow and many loopholes (bugs) that need to be addressed," wrote Ovum said in a statement. 

At Mobile World Congress, Mozilla took Ericsson and AT & T to show off WebRTC, a framework that shows its mobile browser can perform the function of voice calls, video calls and chat, which is usually difficult in smart phones in general.

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