Smartphones for “OSes” Firefox OS will be released in 2013

Developed by the well-known of Firefox, the company Mozilla, announced plans to release its own open operating system based on web standard HTML5.

 

In Mozilla's official blog says that the new platform, called Firefox OS will run entirely on open Web standards and all the devices can be used on HTML5-based applications. Program, in turn, will have access to phone features such as camera, a gyroscope or a phone module.

Mozilla has already reached an agreement on cooperation with cellular providers, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefónica, and Telenor. To release smartphones running the new OS will be the company TCL Communication Technology (under the brand Alcatel One Touch), and ZTE. They will use the Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm.

Firefox OS for mobile devices developed on the basis of the draft Boot to Gecko, which allows you to HTML5-applications to access to basic phone features. According to the Mozilla, the platform will be optimized for entry-level smartphone, and with the low prices the company plans to capture growth markets.

Plans to develop a mobile OS Mozilla unveiled in July last year . An earlier version of Boot to Gecko company showed at the MWC show in February 2012. The first smartphone based on the new OS will be in early 2013 in Brazil under the brand name Vivo.

Apple prepares an injunction against the Samsung Galaxy S3 could create big problems for Samsung

Apple has returned to the attack against Samsung and, after an apparent truce of some months, has filed several injunctions against the latest products released by the Korean Nexus as the Galaxy, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy S3. Just this terminal is the next goal that Apple intends to strike in its uphill battle against Android and the alleged infringement of patents.

The recent victories in court have been met with Apple to continue its legal battle against the main rival in the market, Samsung, targeting the Korean company's latest creation, the Samsung S3 Galaxy. Initially, Apple has tried to block sales of the terminal with an injunction presented before its U.S. launch last month, without success.

In any case, however, the Samsung S3 Galaxy remains a prime target for a lawsuit with Apple, and an eventual victory that block sales of the device could create big problems with Samsung reportedly Topeka Capital analyst Brian White Markets in a note to investors.

The recent success of Apple in court is based primarily on the basis of four patents :

• The patent number 5,946,647 for a "system to perform actions on a computer-generated data structure";
• The patent number 8,074,172 for "Method, system and user interface to provide suggestions predictive text, or text";
• The patent number 8,046,721 which describes a system for "the release of a device with the use of gesture or with an image of unlock";
• The patent number 8,086,604 for a "universal interface for the acquisition of information in a computer system" (although the latter has not been used by Judge Lucy Koh who decided in favor of Apple).

In short, a new chapter in the battle between the two giants was opened and this time, seems to be the decisive one for the future of both companies and the global ICT market. by