ZTE Launched First Firefox OS Based Smart Phone
Spain's Telefonica is offering the
world's first smartphone with the Firefox operating system to compete with
devices running Google Android and Apple iOS. The ZTE Open smartphone goes on
sale in Spain this week for 69 euros (about $90) and will soon be available in
several Latin American countries.
The device is aimed at the youth market and
at people who are new to smartphones, Telefonica's chief of product
development, Carlos Domingo, said during a Madrid press conference where he was
joined by executives from Mozilla and telephone-maker ZTE. Equipped with a
3.5-inch 320x480-pixel touchscreen, the ZTE Open includes a 3.2-megapixel
camera, 256MB RAM and 512MB flash storage enhanced with a 4GB microSD card that
comes as part of the package. The purchase price includes 30 euros ($39) of
pay-as-you-go credit. The ZTE Open is fully integrated with Facebook and the
Spain-based social network Tuenti and talks are on about incorporating the
WhatsApp instant-messaging service, Telefonica said. Commenting on the launch,
Luis Miguel Gilperez, CEO of Telefonica Espana, said, "We believe that
smartphones need to be more open and that the web is the platform for making
this possible. Consumers should not be locked to any one system but have the
choice to consume the content they want and the flexibility to be able to take
it with them when they change devices.
This first open web device marks a
significant milestone in making this possible. This is just the beginning as we
plan to bring a wide range of Firefox OS devices to our customers." The
ZTE Open is the first of a number of Firefox OS devices that will be launched
by Telefonica this year, offering the benefits of this new open operating
system across a range of different price points. Other device manufacturers
supporting Firefox OS include Alcatel OneTouch, LG, Huawei and Sony. Mozilla
executives said the ZTE Open is the "first chapter" in what they
expect to be a long project, one that is already attracting interest from many
other telecommunications companies.
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