Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - MWC 2013 http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - MWC 2013 http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Sat, 18 May 2013 14:36:04 GMT Sat, 18 May 2013 14:36:04 GMT Rev9 7 -7 -1 Coffeehouse - MWC 2013 Interesting event or just another conference?

At least Nokia should show some low-end models but maybe some new 920/9XX models as well. I guess the tablets rumors were debunked, so no W8 tablet from Nokia at least for now.

Personally I'm mostly interested what other Linux phones there's going to be shown addition to Android.

Firefox OS

Ubuntu for phones

Jolla

Tizen

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http://live.theverge.com/firefox-os-mwc-2013-live-blog/

http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/24/live-from-mozillas-mwc-2013-press-event/

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My concern would be of course, apps. That's the struggle any up and coming OS needs to to attract the level of developers Android and iOS have. I don't think apps are as much of a problem on the phone as they are on the desktop, but people will expect the standard set of apps, and they'll get frustrated if something they depend on isn't available.

The good thing though is if you write apps for Firefox OS, they would be at least partially portable to Android and iOS, because both support web apps as native app targets. So who knows.

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Sadly I've seen no sign that anyone's working on anything like this (excluding web apps) - I can understand that Google may be reluctant to join initially, but if Mozilla and Canonical could kick it off then over time it may grow big enough to force Google to come on board.

EDIT: Allowing web apps to make calls sounds like a recipe for all kinds of premium rate scams embedded in websites...

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