geeteam Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 The US might not see it immediately, but the world will soon get its first Firefox OS tablet. Mozilla has begun testing is browser-based operating system on tablets and has developed its own tablet prototype. Currently Firefox OS runs on smartphones and may eventually power smart television screens, but this is the first showing of it on tablet devices. The Foxconn-built prototype isn't the best tablet by any means, but not the worst either. The specs released say it will have a 10-inch, 1280 x 800 display, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities. It will also feature front and rear cameras, GPS, a microSD card slot, micro USB port, and a 7000mAh battery. In an age of high-pixel density displays, it would be pretty difficult for this Mozilla tablet to compete with the iPad Mini with Retina display, the Nexus 10, or the Nexus 7 — instead, the display is a giveaway of the company's intention to go after emerging markets. That's the key here: emerging markets. We saw Mozilla stepping back at the end of 2013 when the company said its Firefox OS-equipped smartphones wouldn't be coming to the US in the near future. It's all because the company wants to focus on winning areas of the world where the smartphone and tablet saturation isn't so high. That's not to say that Firefox OS devices will never make it to the states, but for now Mozilla knows that its best chance for success is to put Firefox OS on as many platforms as possible, and to put those devices in front of the people who will be most inclined to buy them. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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