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> Consumers don't care about technology ideology. Native vs web, NOBODY CARES! You are absolutely correct. And when they sell these for $50 a pop in Africa, So
by Supermighty 14y ago
> Consumers don't care about technology ideology. Native vs web, NOBODY CARES!
You are absolutely correct. And when they sell these for $50 a pop in Africa, South East Asia and Brazil people will be happy they didn't have to buy the $600 iPhone or Android.
These devices aren't even schedules to arrive in the US till mid to late 2014. And by the time they do they may have a strong enough foothold with developers and existing websites to have leverage with the US carriers.
- mtgx 14y agoActually, Huawei Ideos goes for $50 in Africa right now (with Android), but I get your point.
- Supermighty 14y agoThe trick will be if they can position FirefoxOS as a capable product parallel to iOS and Android without letting the cheaper price tag tarnish it's image.
- CJefferson 14y agoWhy would you think a firefoxOS device is going to end up cheaper than Android, when both OSes are open source and linux based?
- Supermighty 14y agoBecause that's what Mozilla keeps telling me.
- callahad 14y agoAs I understand it, Gecko has significantly lighter resource demands compared to Dalvik. Andy Rubin himself, speaking on FirefoxOS, has said that there are simply places where Android cannot go. Cite: "There are places where Android can’t go," [Rubin] said, referring to memory and other hardware requirements. Firefox can help reach those. "For certain markets, it makes sense." [http://allthingsd.com/20130226/googles-andy-rubin-on-firefox-os-in-general-i-feel-friendly/ http://allthingsd.com/20130226/googles-andy-rubin-on-firefox...]