Tablets By Lee Mathews Jan. 17, 2014 4:41 pm
Firefox OS support for tablets has been taking shape since late last year, and Mozilla recently received their first prototype device from Foxconn. In addition to seeing what it looks like, we now know its full specs.
Mozillan Asa Dotzler shared all the details in a blog post late yesterday.*The prototype Firefox OS tablet (codenamed Flatfish) that Mozilla received from Foxconn is actually one they build for someone else. It’s an Infocus New Tab F1, a low-end 10-incher that has sold on sites like AliExpress for around $150.
That’s a heck of a good price, and obviously one that makes it clear that this particular device is the Firefox OS tablet equivalent of the ZTE Open. If it’s sold, the tablet is aimed at consumers who can’t justify spending big bucks on a web device but still want to be able to surf.
If Foxconn really can churn these tablets out at a cost that lets an OEM retail them for well under $100, Mozilla could* have a hit on their hands.
Inside the Firefox tablet you’ll find a quad-core Allwinner A31 processor clocked at 1.0GHz. It’s not a top-of-the-line processor (it utilizes ARM’s older Cortex-A7 architecture), but it does offer solid performance at a very reasonable price. And the 2GB of memory it’s paired with should suffice for most web users.
16GB of internal storage is decent enough by today’s standards, and it does have a micro SD slot for expansion. And unlike a lot of the budget-priced Android tablets being released lately, the Firefox OS tablet has both rear-facing (5MP) and front-facing cameras (2MP).
The one on the front will come in handy when you’re participating in a WebRTC-powered video call.
802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi keeps you connected to the web, and the tablet’s 7000mAh battery should provide a good amount of use between charges. Don’t expect iPad-like endurance, but five or six hours of continuous use and a more than a week of standby should be well within reach.
Other tablets built on this Foxconn-supplied mix of parts have received mixed reviews. They tend to be mostly positive, but touch response and OS lag are problem areas. The previous tablets have shipped with Android, though, and it’s possible that Foxconn and Mozilla have smoothed things out with Firefox OS on board.
But really, if this particular Firefox OS tablet ever goes on sale at a rock-bottom price the people buying it probably won’t care too much about a little lag.
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Mozillan Asa Dotzler shared all the details in a blog post late yesterday.*The prototype Firefox OS tablet (codenamed Flatfish) that Mozilla received from Foxconn is actually one they build for someone else. It’s an Infocus New Tab F1, a low-end 10-incher that has sold on sites like AliExpress for around $150.
That’s a heck of a good price, and obviously one that makes it clear that this particular device is the Firefox OS tablet equivalent of the ZTE Open. If it’s sold, the tablet is aimed at consumers who can’t justify spending big bucks on a web device but still want to be able to surf.
If Foxconn really can churn these tablets out at a cost that lets an OEM retail them for well under $100, Mozilla could* have a hit on their hands.
Inside the Firefox tablet you’ll find a quad-core Allwinner A31 processor clocked at 1.0GHz. It’s not a top-of-the-line processor (it utilizes ARM’s older Cortex-A7 architecture), but it does offer solid performance at a very reasonable price. And the 2GB of memory it’s paired with should suffice for most web users.
16GB of internal storage is decent enough by today’s standards, and it does have a micro SD slot for expansion. And unlike a lot of the budget-priced Android tablets being released lately, the Firefox OS tablet has both rear-facing (5MP) and front-facing cameras (2MP).
The one on the front will come in handy when you’re participating in a WebRTC-powered video call.
802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi keeps you connected to the web, and the tablet’s 7000mAh battery should provide a good amount of use between charges. Don’t expect iPad-like endurance, but five or six hours of continuous use and a more than a week of standby should be well within reach.
Other tablets built on this Foxconn-supplied mix of parts have received mixed reviews. They tend to be mostly positive, but touch response and OS lag are problem areas. The previous tablets have shipped with Android, though, and it’s possible that Foxconn and Mozilla have smoothed things out with Firefox OS on board.
But really, if this particular Firefox OS tablet ever goes on sale at a rock-bottom price the people buying it probably won’t care too much about a little lag.
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