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mathattack
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Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS
Exactly - are we hoping for Firefox to win, or just to survive?
sp332
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I don't care if the Firefox OS wins, as long as its APIs are standardized and incorporated into other OS's.
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sp332
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But there are a lot of APIs required. Web apps didn't have access to even basic things like the phone dialer before (on Android or iOS at least).
Groxx
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Probably to win over a different target: Nokia.
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In that case, I'm sure not hoping for them to win. Nokia hardware has always been my favorite.
fabrice_d
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Firefox
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is not tied to one hardware manufacturer. Indeed Nokia hardware is great - I'd like to find time to port fxos on my n9!
sliverstorm
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Clearly Nokia has switched OS at least once (Windows Phone) but I see them a lot like iPhones. The software and hardware comes as a package. They are apart from the Samsung/HTC/Huawei/LG/IForgetTheRest group that runs whatever OS is useful.
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