Mozilla’s Firefox browser and OS on Android also includes a separate marketplace app. The application is now accessible to users of the Android Firefox browser. The marketplace includes a number of apps, utilities and games meant for the upcoming mobile operating system by Mozilla. Predictably, the number of applications is very low.
The upcoming OS remains an interesting option for carriers over Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 and the next gen BB10 platform expected early next year. The principle advantage here being the ability to run Android apps on low end hardware. Built entirely in HTML5, The target demographic for the OS are entry level consumers. ZTE is pegged as one of the first OEMs to commit to the OS. Expect the first devices based on Mozilla’s Firefox OS to launch sometime in the first half of 2013.
[Via – Electronista]