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Huawei Y300 running Firefox OS
Huawei has followed ZTE, Alcatel, and LG Electronics into the Firefox OS market. Here's the home screen of the Y300, the first Huawei model with Mozilla's browser-based operating system.
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Huawei Y300 running Firefox OS
The top of the Huawei Y300 has a notification bar. Shown here across the bottom of the screen is a toolbar for quick adjustments for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and more.
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Huawei Y300 running Firefox OS
To the left of the Huawei Y300 home screen is a search bar that locates Web sites and Web apps. It's a standard feature of Firefox OS.
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Huawei Y300 running Firefox OS
Firefox OS is a browser-based operating system, meaning that apps are written with the same technologies used to produce Web pages. But for conventional browsing, it's got a version of Firefox, too.
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Huawei Y300 running Firefox OS
The Huawei Y300 isn't particularly thin, but Firefox OS isn't geared today for top-end phones.
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Huawei Y300 running Firefox OS
The Huawei Y300 Firefox OS phone's volume rocker is on the right edge.
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Huawei Y300 running Firefox OS
The back of the Huawei Y300 has a 5-megapixel camera and an LED flash.
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Huawei Y300 running Firefox OS
Firefox OS lets people install apps through the Firefox Marketplace as well as through search. This is what it looks like on the Huawei Y300.
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Huawei Y300 running Firefox OS
A long-press on the home button shows a task manager that lets you swipe among thumbnails showing various open apps.
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Huawei Y300 running Firefox OS
Huawei Y300 running Firefox OS's photo gallery app.
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Huawei Y300 running Firefox OS
Mozilla pushed for browser standards that would let Web apps use hardware like the phone. Here's the Firefox OS camera app running on the Huawei Y300.
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Huawei Y300 running Firefox OS
The Firefox OS on-screen keyboard on the Huawei Y300.