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Firefox OS is a Linux-based open-source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers. Its project name was Boot to Gecko (B2G). It is being developed by Mozilla, the non-profit organization best known for the Firefox web browser. Firefox OS runs HTML5-based web apps.

Resources in This Category

• Adobe Developer Connection: Writing Your First Firefox OS App

  http://www.adobe.com/devnet/html5/articles/writing-your-first-firefox-os-app.html
  A guide to develop a simple sample app for Firefox OS using HTML5.

• Android Authority: Firefox OS Tablet Quietly Unveiled by Foxconn

  http://www.androidauthority.com/firefox-os-tablet-confirmed-221638/
  News of the appearance of a Firefox OS tablet in pre-retail form in the Foxconn booth at Computex expo in Taipei, Taiwan in 2013.

• Ars technica: “There’s a Web for that” - will Firefox OS bring about the end of the app?

  http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/theres-a-web-for-thatwill-firefox-os-bring-about-the-end-of-the-app/
  Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs calls for greater smartphone fragmentation at MWC.

• CNET Reviews: Unspectacular Firefox OS is OK for Low-end Phones (Hands-on)

  http://www.cnet.com/products/firefox-os/
  Claims that the operating system is more likely to succeed in the emerging markets than challenge iOS or Android.

• Engadget: Firefox OS is Repeating the Mistakes of Others and Hoping for a Different Outcome

  http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/01/firefox-os-is-repeating-the-mistakes-of-others/
  Terrence O'Brien predicts a bleak future for the platform because it is built entirely on HTML5.

• Engadget: ZTE Open Review: Firefox OS Gets Off to a Modest but Promising Start

  http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/03/zte-open-review/
  The first Firefox OS smartphone, the ZTE Open is found to prove that web apps can do the work of their native equivalents.

• Firefox OS

  http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/os/
  Official page of the operating system, presenting all its features.

• Firefox OS Simulator

  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-os-simulator/
  Add-on for the Firefox desktop browser to simulate the mobile operating system.

• Firefoxosworld.net

  http://firefoxosworld.net/
  Forum to learn and share knowledge about Firefox OS.

• PCMag.com: Mozilla Prepping Mobile Operating System for the Web

  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2389125,00.asp
  Commentary on Mozilla's announcement of the Boot to Gecko (B2G) project.

• PCMag.com: Mozilla Tackles Walled Gardens, Demos 'Boot to Gecko' Mobile OS

  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400901,00.asp
  Review of Boot to Gecko (later Firefox OS) after Mozilla's presentation at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in 2012.

• The Register: Firefox OS Update Adds Performance, Polish to Mozilla's Webby Mobes

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/10/firefox_os_11_update/
  Review of the changes in Firefox OS 1.1 after its release.

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