Hello Firefox OS Enthusiasts. As you may know, the Mozilla developers have already created 3 reference models for the next Firefox OS devices, 2 tablets and one phone: Foxconn InFocus, VIA Vixen and Firefox OS Flame, respectively.
The three devices are not yet physically available yet, so they will not be released any time soon, but rather used by the developers, as a development/testing environment.
Possible hardware specs of the Foxconn InFocus tablet:
- A 10.1 multi-touch capacitive screen, at 1280×800
- A 1.0 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex A7 Processor with PowerVR SGX544MP2 GPU
- 2GB of RAM memory
- 16GB of internal storage
- 2 cameras: 5 mpx rear camera and 2 mpx front camera
- 802.11b/g/n wireless
- Ports for Micro SD, Micro USB and headphones
- GPS, Bluetooth, Gyroscope
- 7000 mAh battery
Possible hardware specs of the VIA Vixen tablet:
- A 7 inch Capacitive multi-touch screen @ 1024×600
- A 1.2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex A9 with Dual-Core Mali 400 GPU
- 1GB of RAM memory
- 8GB of internal storage
- 2 cameras: 2mpx rear camera and 0.3 mpx front camera
- 802.11b/g/n wireless
- Ports for Micro SD, Micro USB, Mini HDMI and headphones
- Bluetooth, Accelerometer
- 4000 mAh battery
Possible hardware specs of the Firefox OS Flames:
- 4.5” screen (FWVGA 854×480 pixels)
- 1.2GHZ Dual-Core Qualcomm MSM8210 Snapdragon Processor
- 2 camerasL 5mpx rear camera and 2mpx front camera
- 256MB – 1GB of RAM memory
- 8GB of internal memory
- A-GPS, NFC
- WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, Micro USB
- 1800 mAh battery capacity
It looks like Firefox OS is doing quite well. For now, we know for sure that 2014 will bring ZTE Open C and ZTE Open II, the next two Firefox OS based smartphones developed by the Chinese manufacturer, Geeksphone Revolution, and two new Firefox OS devices from Alcatel: the Alcatel One Touch POP smartphone and Alcatel One Touch Fire S.
For those who don’t know yet, Firefox OS is a new Linux based mobile operating system, built by using the new HTML5 technology by the Mozilla developers. For now, it is used as default on smartphones with modest hardware specs, developed by LG, ZTE, Alcatel and Geeksphone.