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Firefox OS fan Geeksphone plans high-end Revolution

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"Firefox OS is a brand currently not available for independent manufacturers not associated with carriers. Geeksphone will work with Mozilla once this option is made available," the company said. "

This seems wrong. The ZTE Open that can be purchased without any carrier contract through Ebay? I personally bought it. So I really do not understand why they are saying that FireFox OS is reserved to carriers. Does somebody know more?

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/partners/

i tried to find any information, and it sounds as closed as it can be. So it may be right. even though wrong.

I've know about GeeksPhone for a while, their "One" had similar hardware to the Samung Omnia, and was quite helpful in trying to port Android to it. It's super cool to see them partner with Mozilla and deliver these cool devices; part of me really wants a Revolution. I wonder how "open" they are, in terms of being able to port other phone OS's to it. I think there is a niche market for a replacement to HTC's venerable HD2 -- the phone that will never die!

This comes 5 days after Geeksphone cancelled customer orders for the Peak+ because they couldn't get the hardware. Is the move to Intel SoCs a move to mitigate this, or will they still have the same hardware sourcing problems? (https://plus.google.com/+AlanBell/posts/UVvBqeqhzDs)

Edit: Seems ROM & RAM were problematic so almost certainly not. Still, doesn't inspire confidence.

Off topic, but does someone know where the Peak+ is available (I'm in Spain). On the online shop, it has been out of order for ages now (http://shop.geeksphone.com/en/phones/5-peak.html).

The Peak+ isn't available. It seems like they have canceled it, unfortunately. If you read the forums then a few people with pre-orders have had them bumped to the Revolution.

I'm sure the GP guys are doing their best - they seem to have more updates for the Keon and Peak than ZTE does for the not-so-Open, that's for sure - but all hype and no products available is not a good way to go about things.

Thanks for the clarification. Well, I'll wait for the Revolution then.

How about something with a hardware keyboard. Really sad to see those have disappeared from the market.

The Peak+ was 150 euros (like $200). Since people who ordered the Peak+ can exchange that for a Revolution, I wonder if that means the Revolution will be the same price. I bet not, since it'd be really hard to sell a 4.8-inch phone for that price.

The Revolution will likely be close to twice the cost.

I had originally ordered the Peak+ and had received an email from Geeksphone notifying me that they wouldn't be shipping the Peak+. They offered Peak+ customers the Revolution with no additional charge, stating that we would be a near-50% discount.

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