FireFox Mobile OS

FIREFOX GOING TO LAUNCH MOBILE OS

            Firefox Mobile OS will launch this summer in five countries, Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs said at the All Things D conference here Monday. Kocacs, who announced earlier this month that he will be stepping down from his post as CEO, said that the new operating system, which is designed for low-end devices, will launch this summer in Venezuela, Poland, Brazil, Portugal, and Spain.

             Mozilla's move to target customers outside the U.S. makes sense given that the OS is targeted for lower-end devices. Kovacs acknowledged that the 1.0 version of the OS that lands on these first phones is just a start. He said the company is simply trying to stimulate the market with the Firefox Mobile OS.
Mozilla announced its first partnerships for the new mobile OS at Mobile World Congress earlier this year. Companies like LG and ZTE say they are already on board to create handsets. Carriers have said they'll support it too, including Telefonica in Europe. The head of AT&T's wireless division said in February that it may consider phones running the OS.