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Introducing the Firefox OS App Manager

82 points by bpierre 13y ago

nicpottier 13y ago
Had my first chance to play with some of the GeeksPhone devices over the past week. Have to say despite previously being VERY skeptical about Firefox OS, they were really pretty great! The platform holds a lot more promise than I imagined and they have come incredibly far in the past year. My next device will probably be a Nexus 5, but that just might be my last Android.
- brokenparser 13y ago
  The Geeksphone devices are sold out, but you can get a ZTE Open with FirefoxOS on eBay for only $80/£60. Details at https://marketplace.firefox.com/developers/dev_phone https://marketplace.firefox.com/developers/dev_phone
  - RussianCow 13y ago
    There's a single Geeksphone on sale on eBay right now: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Geeksphone-Keon-Smartphone-FireFox-OS-Developer-Preview-New-In-Box-/271296009496?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3f2a809518 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Geeksphone-Keon-Smartphone-FireFox-O... :)
  - Groxx 13y ago
    How is the ZTE Open for dev purposes? I'm not familiar with how Firefox OS handles OS updates, but will I (essentially) always be able to update it?
    - brokenparser 13y ago
      It has fastboot just like unlocked Android devices. More details here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Developer_phone_guide/ZTE_OPEN https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/...
- TsiCClawOfLight 13y ago
  I would get a Jolla. That looks really promising.
ausjke 13y ago
this looks awesome. how does firefox OS deal with all the RADIO stack and video acceleration? are they open?
- canuckistani 13y ago
  It depends on the device - each device has different hardware and may use proprietary drivers to access that hardware.
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afreak 13y ago
Surprised to see that FxOS doesn't have a remote display option like Android does. There is something like this for Android that I believe just uses the same hooks that components in the SDK do: http://mymobiler.com/ http://mymobiler.com/ Would be probably better for developers or those who are creating demonstration videos like the OP's link.

82 points by bpierre 13y ago

Had my first chance to play with some of the GeeksPhone devices over the past week. Have to say despite previously being VERY skeptical about Firefox OS, they were really pretty great! The platform holds a lot more promise than I imagined and they have come incredibly far in the past year. My next device will probably be a Nexus 5, but that just might be my last Android.

brokenparser 13y ago
The Geeksphone devices are sold out, but you can get a ZTE Open with FirefoxOS on eBay for only $80/£60. Details at https://marketplace.firefox.com/developers/dev_phone https://marketplace.firefox.com/developers/dev_phone
- RussianCow 13y ago
  There's a single Geeksphone on sale on eBay right now: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Geeksphone-Keon-Smartphone-FireFox-OS-Developer-Preview-New-In-Box-/271296009496?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3f2a809518 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Geeksphone-Keon-Smartphone-FireFox-O... :)
- Groxx 13y ago
  How is the ZTE Open for dev purposes? I'm not familiar with how Firefox OS handles OS updates, but will I (essentially) always be able to update it?
  - brokenparser 13y ago
    It has fastboot just like unlocked Android devices. More details here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Developer_phone_guide/ZTE_OPEN https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/...
TsiCClawOfLight 13y ago
I would get a Jolla. That looks really promising.

ausjke 13y ago

this looks awesome. how does firefox OS deal with all the RADIO stack and video acceleration? are they open?

canuckistani 13y ago
It depends on the device - each device has different hardware and may use proprietary drivers to access that hardware.

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afreak 13y ago

Surprised to see that FxOS doesn't have a remote display option like Android does. There is something like this for Android that I believe just uses the same hooks that components in the SDK do: http://mymobiler.com/ http://mymobiler.com/ Would be probably better for developers or those who are creating demonstration videos like the OP's link.