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The big news is that in the beginning of 2014, Canonical and Ubuntu Foundation will present the first mobile phone running the new mobile version of Ubuntu pre-loaded. Just like Android, the new Ubuntu OS will be based on Linux kernel and drivers with the support of ARM and x86 processors, also with some minimal modifications it will be fully compatible with most of the current Android smartphones.
The new OS will be focused on two device categories – super smartphones and budget devices, Canonical and Ubuntu Foundation also will help the operators to increase the mobile bandwidth consumed by all users on data plans.
If you’re curious what’s happening with the Mozilla’s mobile platform – Firefox OS, we have some good news for you!
From the Foundation just released the official Firefox OS emulator as a new Addon for the Firefox browser, with it you can test the software and even to report problems if you find any.The Firefox OS emulator its called “r2d2b2g” and it is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux.
Here we have some fresh screenshots from the emulator, and as you can see the new Firefox OS looks quite simple and easy to use. All the built-in apps and games works perfect, the marketplace is working too, even you can install some apps. Anyway, that’s a very earlier version of the OS and there will be some changes and improvements in the future.
Most of you probably don’t know about this, but Mozilla and LG are working on a new mobile OS, called Boot2Gecko, which was expected to be revealed at the Mobile World Congress. The companies didn’t disappoint – the platform was shown on a working prototype smartphone, which surprisingly wasn’t an LG one. Boot2Gecko has a very interesting concept as a platform – it’s main idea is to be a web-based mobile OS, which uses only HTML5, but users are still going to be able to use it even without internet connection.
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