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Mozilla has tried to enter the OS space with Firefox OS. Unfortunately, that hasn't worked out so well for them so far. Entering a mature market with a new pro
by bobajeff 11y ago
Mozilla has tried to enter the OS space with Firefox OS. Unfortunately, that hasn't worked out so well for them so far.
Entering a mature market with a new product often winds up a fruitless effort. I think they'll have a better shot with new categories like Smart Watches, Smart Mini MP3 Players and those Smart Flip Phones/Sliders. Android is having major issues entering those categories for quite some time so that leaves a good opening for competition.
Another thing they can do is to build their own phone. Make it the best phone that they possibly can and support it for 5-10 years. With the only revisions making it smaller and cheaper but otherwise the same (ie. same architecture but miniaturized). Even if during those 5-10 years it's not seen uptake Mozilla will have built up a unmatched reputation for supporting their devices. So when the successor is announced...