First Firefox OS Phones Available By Geeksphone
Spain-based Geeksphone has started selling the first Firefox OS smartphones, the $119 Keon and the $149-Peak.
The Developer Preview devices are runing on
Firefox OS, Mozilla's platform designed to deliver software as Web apps, aimed at low-end smartphones. Mozilla partnered with Telefonica and Geeksphone to launch the now-available developer smartphones, the Keon and the Peak.
The is $119 Keon a developer preview device which has all the hardware features you need to start developing software for Firefox OS in a performant environment.
Keon's specs are as follows:
- 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU;
- a 3.5-inch HVGA multi-touch screen;
- a 3-megapixel camera;
- 4 GB of ROM and 512 MB of RAM;
- UMTS 2100/1900/900 (3G HSPA);
- GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (2G EDGE);
- Battery 1580 mAh;
- MicroSD, Wifi N, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, Radio FM, GPS support, and MicroUSB.
The $194 Peak packs features including a 4.3" qHD screen:
- 1.2Ghz x2 Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU;
- UMTS 2100/1900/900 (3G HSPA);
- GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (2G EDGE);
- A 4.3-inch qHD IPS multitouch screen;
- an 8-megapixal camera in the back and a 2-megapixel camera in the front;
- 4 GB of ROM and 512 MB of RAM);
- MicroSD, Wifi N, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, Radio FM, Light & Prox. Sensor, G-Sensor, GPS, MicroUSB, Flash (camera);
- Battery 1800 mAh
Mozilla has also created the Firefox Marketplace, from which users will be able to download apps for games, news and media, business, and productivity. The Firefox Marketplace will include such apps as AccuWeather, Airbnb, Box, Facebook, Nokia HERE, Pulse News, SoundCloud, SporTV, Terra, Time Out, and Twitter.
The is $119 Keon a developer preview device which has all the hardware features you need to start developing software for Firefox OS in a performant environment.
Keon's specs are as follows:
- 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU;
- a 3.5-inch HVGA multi-touch screen;
- a 3-megapixel camera;
- 4 GB of ROM and 512 MB of RAM;
- UMTS 2100/1900/900 (3G HSPA);
- GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (2G EDGE);
- Battery 1580 mAh;
- MicroSD, Wifi N, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, Radio FM, GPS support, and MicroUSB.
The $194 Peak packs features including a 4.3" qHD screen:
- 1.2Ghz x2 Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU;
- UMTS 2100/1900/900 (3G HSPA);
- GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (2G EDGE);
- A 4.3-inch qHD IPS multitouch screen;
- an 8-megapixal camera in the back and a 2-megapixel camera in the front;
- 4 GB of ROM and 512 MB of RAM);
- MicroSD, Wifi N, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, Radio FM, Light & Prox. Sensor, G-Sensor, GPS, MicroUSB, Flash (camera);
- Battery 1800 mAh
Mozilla has also created the Firefox Marketplace, from which users will be able to download apps for games, news and media, business, and productivity. The Firefox Marketplace will include such apps as AccuWeather, Airbnb, Box, Facebook, Nokia HERE, Pulse News, SoundCloud, SporTV, Terra, Time Out, and Twitter.