A new rival has appeared for iOS, Android, BB10, S40, Windows Phone and Windows RT. If you are familiar with these, you might already have heard about Mozilla's new mobile operating system, Firefox OS.

Firefox OS is built on a Linux kernel and uses B2G (Boot to Gecko), meaning that apps developed on the phone can be entirely built on HTML(5), JavaScript and any other open source web application APIs. While still in development, two new phones based on the new OS have been released by a small Spanish company called Geeksphone. The phones are meant to be able to help developers into an environment where they can build on and experiment with apps, as well as the operating system itself.



The two phones are called Keon and Peak and have the following specifications:

Specification Keon Peak Price €110 ($143) €179 ($234) Processor 1GHz Qualcomm Cortex A5 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm 8225 RAM 512 MB Storage 4 GB Screen Size 3.5 in. 4.3 in. qHD IPS Camera 3 MP Back 8 MP Back, 2 MP Front Sensors Tri-Band UMTS/HSPA, GPS, Proximity, accelerometer Battery 1580 mAh 1800 mAh

Mozilla really needs these phones to make an impression, as it is the only way to effectively get its OS out to developers. Only a very basic emulated version is available for Android and is completely unavailable through any other mobile OS. Once finished, Mozilla expects the OS to spread to other companies such as ZTE, Alcatel, LG Electronics, Huawei and maybe even Sony. The operating system is expected to be released in the United States in 2014. It will be released in an attempt to provide alternatives to fully enclosed software environments such as Google Play and Apple App Store. What are your opinions on this latest addition to the OS market?