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KaiOS is a mobile Linux distribution for keypad feature phones based on the Firefox OS open-source project. [6] It is developed by KaiOS Technologies (Hong Kong) Limited; a company based in Hong Kong , whose largest shareholder is Chinese electronics conglomerate TCL Corporation .
Google, Open Handset Alliance. Apple Inc. Huawei. Linux Foundation, Tizen Association, Samsung, Intel. KaiOS Technologies Inc. (TCL) Sailfish Alliance, Mer, Jolla and Sailfish community contributors. UBports and Ubuntu community contributors (previously Canonical Ltd.) Debian on Mobile Team. KDE and Blue Systems.
Firefox OS was released under a permissive MIT license but its KaiOS successor is proprietary; the former is included. All Maemo , Meego and Sailfish OS devices running open Maemo Leste or Mer middleware are included.
In December 2015, Mozilla announced it would be abandoning Firefox OS as a smartphone platform. Many assumed the company's withdrawal would kill any hope of a mobile operating system built around ...
Firefox OS was designed to provide a complete, [10] community-based alternative operating system, for running web applications directly or those installed from an application marketplace. The applications use open standards and approaches such as JavaScript and HTML5 , a robust privilege model , and open web APIs that can communicate directly ...
A mobile operating system is an operating system used for smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, smartglasses, or other non-laptop personal mobile computing devices.While computers such as typical/mobile laptops are "mobile", the operating systems used on them are usually not considered mobile, as they were originally designed for desktop computers that historically did not have or need specific ...
webOS, also known as LG webOS and previously known as Open webOS, HP webOS and Palm webOS, [2] is a Linux kernel -based multitasking operating system for smart devices such as smart TVs that has also been used as a mobile operating system.
BlackBerry OS is a discontinued proprietary mobile operating system developed by Canadian company BlackBerry Limited for its BlackBerry line of smartphone handheld devices. The operating system provides multitasking and supports specialized input devices adopted by BlackBerry for use in its handhelds, particularly the trackwheel, trackball, and most recently, the trackpad and touchscreen.