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I have two Geeksphone Keons in here and I've been speaking at events about Firefox OS. I develop mobile apps and web for both Android and iOS and I find that de
by soapdog 14y ago
I have two Geeksphone Keons in here and I've been speaking at events about Firefox OS. I develop mobile apps and web for both Android and iOS and I find that developing for Firefox OS is very refreshing. The OS gets out of your way and you're free to create your own vision for an app.
You're not restricted to a walled garden and don't need to use the Firefox Marketplace if you don't want to. Your app can be on the device or hosted on your server and have an offline mode using appCache.
For those that want to know more, take a look at the developer hub at:
https://marketplace.firefox.com/developers/ https://marketplace.firefox.com/developers/
All you need to develop is a copy of Firefox with the the Firefox OS Simulador add-on installed. The rest is just HTML/CSS/JS. The hardware is exposed using the webAPI which can be seen at https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI.
:-D
PS: I am a Mozilla Rep.
- johnrob 14y agoWow, this sounds like much less cruft compared to iOS or Android development.
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- contingencies 14y agoTranslation: "No mammoth Java/Eclipse requirements". Hail!
- jodrellblank 14y agoI have two Geeksphone Keons in here And how are they? Are they stable enough for everyday use? Are they nice to use?
- soapdog 14y agothey are very good to use and surprising enough given the price and low specs. not all apis are implemented yet so I would not recommend using it as your primary phone just yet. I use mine as primary phone during weekends and am happy. It still needs polish, bugfixes and more apps but developing for it is pretty fun and I like the architecture
- protomyth 14y agoCan I buy a Geeksphone Keon and just use it on wifi or do I need a cell provider? I am thinking of getting one just to do some development.
- tracker1 14y ago+1 on this question... would be nice to be able to use things like this with a SIP client over wifi instead of or in addition to mobile. Another question that is somewhat unclear is in the US will I get 3G/4G data on what carriers? Would prefer to keep my T-Mobile MVNO over AT&T.
- soapdog 14y agothese phones are unlocked so they work with any carrier. One of my keons is only on wifi and has no simcard, it works fine. currently I am not aware of a SIP client for the system.