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"Hands On With Firefox OS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZTE Open and Alcatel One Touch Fire \nThe ZTE Open and Alcatel One Touch Fire both run the Firefox OS.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApps\nJust like other smartphones, phones running the Firefox OS can run a number of apps.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCamera\nThe camera in Firefox OS works much like the camera in other operating systems. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhotos\nPhotos filters can also be added to snapped shots, as well as borders and frames.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContacts\nContacts, including photos, can be brought in from Facebook using Firefox's OS.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDialer\nJust like other smartphones, Forefox OS has a dialer built-in.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZTE Open\nMovistar will be the first to offer the ZTE Open for \u20AC69, including \u20AC30 of balance for prepaid customers and a 4GB microSD card.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZTE Open\nThe ZTE Open is the first of a number of Firefox OS devices that will be launched by Telef\u00F3nica this year.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZTE Open\nThe phone is meant for entry-level customers.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZTE Open\nThe ZTE open is a bit bulkier than other smartphones on the market, sporting more functionality than form.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPretty in  Orange\nThe Alcatel One Touch Fire has an orange back, giving it a distinctive look.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlcatel One Touch Fire Side\nThe Alcatel One Touch Fire looks like many other smartphones on the market.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlcatel One Touch Fire Top\nThe Alcatel One Touch Fire is bulkier than many other smartphones out there.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMozilla\u2019s Firefox OS is headed to a smartphone near you.\nThe first two phones running the Firefox OS \u2014 the ZTE Open and Alcatel One Touch Fire \u2014 were officially announced Monday morning, with the ZTE Open expected to hit store shelves in Spain on Tuesday.\nSEE ALSO: Here's How Firefox OS Will Work on Smartphones\n\n\u201CFor many customers, this will be the first smartphone they purchase,\u201D Mozilla\u2019s Brendan Eich told press at a small event at Mozilla\u2019s San Francisco office Monday morning. \n\u201CWe\u2019re pioneering a category,\u201D says Eich, of open web devices. The ZTE Open is in fact the first smartphone available on the market based entirely on open web standards. That means everything on the phone is running in a web browser. While some core apps are stored on the phone and can work offline, the web is the backbone of the phone's every action.\nHe says that rather than going after smartphone powerhouses like Google and Apple, Mozilla is trying to help convert feature phone users, who still make up a large percentage of the world\u2019s cell phone users.\n\"We are not aiming high and trying to crash into Fortress Apple, into Fortress Google,\" says Eich. Mozilla is not going after the type of customers who are obsessed with the screen size and type or processing power of their device. It's targeting customers who just need to communicate with the world around them, and it's giving them a much more feature-rich way to do so.\nAfter Monday\u2019s event, we had the opportunity to spend a few minutes with the Firefox OS running on both the ZTE Open and Alcatel One Touch Fire. \nThe phones are priced at around $39 (without the need to buy a contract) so, as you might expect, they\u2019re not quite top of the line when it comes to processing speed and power. \nWe were only able to use the phones for a few minutes, but during that time were able to take photos, browse through the gallery of photos that had already been taken with the devices, and check out some of the games currently available for the Firefox OS.\nThe phones we were able to get our hands on were getting their data connection from a Mi-Fi rather than from a network carrier, which made what was already going to be a slow experience \u2014 due simply to what\u2019s under the hood \u2014 a little slower.\nStill, we were able to navigate menus with ease \u2013- albeit a little slowly -\u2013 as well as launch web pages, and even play a few games. While relatively unimpressive in a world of iPhones and quad-core Android devices, the devices would be a vast improvement to someone who had never had one of those and simply wanted a more feature-rich way to communicate.\nThe phones will first be available in Spain. However, Eich says that the operating system may be available on smartphones in the United States in the future as well.\nCheck out a closer look at the ZTE Open and Alcatel One Touch Fire in the gallery above.\nWhat do you think of the Firefox OS? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.\nPhotos by Mashable/Emily Price"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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