Firefox OS: Disruptive By Aiming Low

judgecorp writes "As Apple launches a new slightly-improved iPhone 5, Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich says if you want a really disruptive phone you should look to Firefox OS. It's a low-cost low-end device — and that's the point. It uses standards so should be resistant to patent infringement suits, it will fit on featurephone-grade hardware, and it will run HTML5 apps without the restriction of native apps in an app store. In other words, it's aiming for the next 2 billion smartphone users, people who can't afford the iPhone/Android model." Reader rawkes has some (very warm) thoughts about Firefox OS, too, which helpfully includes both screenshots and a video demo.

Re:What a concept!

[A12m0v]

And needs 8 GB of ram!!!!

Re:Apple will sue

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple will sue

The homepage is a grid of icons with 4 icon dock in the bottom,

It's okay, the icons are round so they should be safe.

...Until a jury decides a circle is just a square with extremely rounded corners.

Disruptive....

[dyingtolive]

When I want my phone to be 'disruptive', I usually just turn up the volume and then set my ringtone to some pop song...

Re:I read the title...

[macraig]

Better tardy to the party than huddled at home with a bag of Cheetos.