According to a report, Mozilla is expected to announce plans for a Mozilla app store and a smartphone operating system based on its "Boot to Gecko" project.
Mozilla is expected to announce plans
for its own app store that will launch later this year and is working on a
smartphone that would run apps on the phones browser, according to
a report in the
San Jose Mercury News.
The report said Mozilla is expected to
announce on Feb. 22 plans for its upcoming Mozilla Marketplace, which will
feature mobile applications that can run on iPhones, Android phones or Windows
phones. In addition, Mozillas smartphone plans are tied to its
Boot to Gecko project, which is an
effort to
create
a Web-based mobile operating system.
In addition, the report said Mozilla
could show an early prototype of its technology at the
Mobile World Congress 2012 next
week in Barcelona, Spain.
Mozillas plans would mean developers
adept in standard Web technologies, such as JavaScript and HTML5, would be
equipped to build apps for the Mozilla phone. The company saw success in
challenging Microsoft in the browser market with its Firefox browser. But it is
yet to be seen how successful it can be in challenging iOS, Android and Windows
Phone in the mobile space with a Web-based operating system. Palmand later HPmade
a go of delivering a Web-based mobile platform with its webOS, with less than
stellar results.
Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla and
creator of JavaScript, says fulfillment of the Mozilla vision may not be far
off. "Hang
onto your hats; we're moving fast," Eich told the
San Jose Mercury News. "A few years down the
road, with Web technologies continuing to evolve, you should be able to do all
the beautiful games and the presentation and the tools that you see" in
native mobile apps, but with a Web-powered phone.
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