Get Ready for the Mozilla Firefox Phone | Linux Today

Get Ready for the Mozilla Firefox Phone

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 28, 2012

“Since its creation over a decade ago, Mozilla has never had its
own complete operating system. That’s now about to change as
Mozilla is ramping up its Boot to Gecko effort, which will enable
Mozilla Firefox-powered phones. Gecko is the underlying rendering
framework behind Firefox.

Mozilla announced that leading service providers, including
Telefonica and Deutsche Telekom, are now supporting the Boot to
Gecko (B2G) effort. Additionally, mobile chip vendor Qualcomm is
collaborating in the effort, which is all about opening up the
mobile web.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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