Updated: Mozilla stops work on Firefox OS phones to chase the IoT
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Back in 2002, Mozilla launched its Phoenix web browser, which the company later renamed Firefox. A decade later, Mozilla announced its plan to get into the smartphone platform game with Firefox OS. A year after that, ZTE shipped the first Firefox OS phone, the Open. Now, Mozilla says it's halting the development and sale of Firefox OS smartphones. The company says in a blog post that, like the Phoenix of Greek mythology, Firefox OS will rise from the ashes for a new life among the Internet of Things.
Mozilla's senior VP of connected devices, Ari Jaaski, writes that the company believes the coming IoT "revolution" will "be bigger than previous technology revolutions," including smartphones. Jaaski says Mozilla chose ...