Hi there, my name is Chris Lee from Mozilla
I'm on the Firefox OS product team.
Today, I will show you the latest phones we have
for Firefox OS.
These are the world's first HTML5-based phones.
They're built on web technologies and Mozilla's
enhanced the overall smartphone experience
by enabling developers and users to have
great applications and content so that these
experiences can be used across various different platforms.
Today we're going to demonstrate Firefox OS
on the ZTE Open Device
as well as the Alcatel Onetouch Fire device.
The first thing you'll see is that the lock screen
is very easy to access.
You have the ability to directly select the camera
and be able to take a photo right away.
Or it can unlock the phone and directly go to the home screen.
The first app I will show you is the Firefox browser.
By opening the browser, you will see that there are top sites, sites you've visited previously
where it shows you very easy access.
You also have the ability to bookmark your favorite sites by clicking on the star icon.
On the top right you'll notice there's an icon
you can click on that allows you to access different tabs and create new tabs
so you can easily navigate between different content.
Dialier and contacts
Just like any smart phone, there is a dialer
you can easily contact and call your favorite people, friends and family.
Then, by clicking on the contacts, you'll see you have contacts you can import directly from Facebook.
By clicking on the settings icon you can enable Facebook,
log in with your credentials and select all your friends or a few friends
and have it easily imported into the device to the device.
If you look at what I have here, I already selected a few friends
but I can go in and easily update them, remove one of my friends here, and add two more
and then I've updated my contacts very easily.
From here, I can view their profile photos, their birthday, email them or post a message to them
Camera
People love taking photos, so we spent a lot of time to share a camera application that is easy to use.
If I tap the application here
it launches the camera
You can see a preview and I can easily take a photo
I tap the camera icon
and it allows me to take a photo easily and also shows a preview of it.
On the bottom left you'll see that you have the option to select the gallery.
The gallery brings up the photos you've taken
and then I can go back to the photo I just took, tap on it, and now
I have the ability to make different edits.
I can change the exposure
for photos that are too dark or too light.
I can crop the photo as well,
so I can focus on a given area.
I'm also able share the photo via email, via Bluetooth, as well as I can tweet this photo to all my friends.
Maps
Everyone loves being able to find their location
as well as search for different locations, and we think that's really important
We've worked with HERE Maps to enable the location experience
For example, here you can type in San Francisco and it pops up
and you have the ability to click on it and it gives you photos of the city,
gives you reviews of different places, restaurants and sights,
and you also have the ability to get directions from San Francisco to
Mountain View. You can find the directions between these two locations
and you can click on different views such as a satellite view or
a traffic update view, as well as, if you needed to, you can look for public transportation as well.
Firefox Marketplace
The Firefox Marketplace is a great place to get content for your device.
You can go into the Marketplace and search for
games, different types of apps and interests that you have.
One of the examples is you can search for Poppit. You type in Poppit, which is a popular game.
By searching for it, you can get a description of the app, as well as reviews.
Here I can actually install the app and it will show directly in my home screen,
and I can go to the home screen, launch it and play the game right away.
In addition to the Marketplace, the web is filled with great content and web apps.
We've made these available to users really easily using the Adaptive App Search.
If you swipe right,
you can see a search box in which you can type in any query
and it will offer a selection of apps that you can launch instantly
or install on your home screen for easy access.
Say I want to go out with my friends
to a restaurant and grab dinner.
By typing in sushi, for example,
it returns many different apps
What's great about this, is I don't have to install the application or download it.
I can instantly get my app and it adapts to my phone experience as well.
I can learn everything about sushi I want.
It doesn't necessarily have to be about the restaurants.
There are many other apps I can choose from.
So those are some of the many great features from Firefox OS.
This is a new operating system from Mozilla
based on web technologies, which give you a personal experience with great performance
that you'd want in a smartphone.
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