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0 pointslaumars7y ago0 comments

There used to be a plethora of mobile platforms:

  * Symbian
  * Palm webOS
  * Mozilla (I think that was also called WebOS?)
  * Jola
  * Some blackberry thing based on QNX that "supported" Android apps
  * Tizan
  * Windows Phone
  * Ubuntu Phone

Plus a bunch of independent / hobby(?) ones that never really took off, eg the Inferno port

These days it feels like most people have given up trying to compete against Apple and Google.

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beerlord7y ago

Because consumers and developers do not want to support more than two operating systems. Even Windows failed with Windows Mobile.

The up and comer is KaiOS, used on super low-end phones in India. Its a version of the Firefox OS.

laumarsOP7y ago

I personally think the issue is more with the OEMs wanting to close their hardware than it is with developers and consumers (not that Im suggesting your point doesn't also play a part)

petecox7y ago

Mozilla's effort was Firefox OS (or Boot To Gecko), now forked as KaiOS.

laumarsOP7y ago

Ahh fair enough.

Interesting to note that a quick look on the Firefox OS Wikipedia article has highlighted a bunch of other mobile platforms I'd forgotten.

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beerlord7y ago

Because consumers and developers do not want to support more than two operating systems. Even Windows failed with Windows Mobile.

The up and comer is KaiOS, used on super low-end phones in India. Its a version of the Firefox OS.

laumarsOP7y ago

I personally think the issue is more with the OEMs wanting to close their hardware than it is with developers and consumers (not that Im suggesting your point doesn't also play a part)

petecox7y ago

Mozilla's effort was Firefox OS (or Boot To Gecko), now forked as KaiOS.

laumarsOP7y ago

Ahh fair enough.

Interesting to note that a quick look on the Firefox OS Wikipedia article has highlighted a bunch of other mobile platforms I'd forgotten.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse