A Firefox smartphone for a developing world may be one small step to cost effective smartphones, however, the ultimate prize will be to get WebOS open source out of beta and in the hands of cost effective, even small country, government subsidized, hardware vendors to mass produce the devices. The question remains, will Firefox be expandable enough, yet energy efficient, and will WebOS be energy efficient. I hope HP designs a ‘lightweight/energy’ option into the phone. See article on “Firefox Targets Developing States with Open Source Affordable Smartphones”
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HP WebOS Open Source as a Spinoff may compete with the likes of Firefox or MSFT
Take an open source OS such as a WebOS smartphone, without a contract, light weight requirements in processing power, and could it be the RedHat of Mobile devices? So many hardware vendors are still tied to Microsoft. WebOS could be the opensource OS. With VC funding, a spinoff from HP, which gives it focus again, and VC funding and hardware connections with a sick new phone like the Nokia Flex, an alternate shaped device, and a low price point, that device will fly off the shelves. No doubt about it.
