Mozilla will launch the first commercial telephone-based Boot to Gecko in early 2013

At a special event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Executive Director, Mozilla, Kovacs Gary (Gary Kovacs), has officially announced a release date for the first smartphone based operating system Boot to Gecko, reports The Verge.

The first device with a new OS on the board will go on sale in early 2013 in Brazil. Partner in this project is a national mobile operator Telefónica. By the way, the phone will be offered in the unlocked version that is able to work with SIM-card of any mobile operator. Brazilian laws prohibit blocking certain phone numbers for the operator.

Recall that a public demonstration Boot to Gecko, Mozilla has spent at the MWC 2012, using this device from Samsung. Moreover, it is now published instructions on how to install the current build platform for smartphones Nexus S and Samsung Galaxy S II.

Considered the platform is completely built using technologies HTML5. The idea of ​​the project - to create a cheap but functional smartphone, as adapted for the Internet. Third-party applications can be installed through a special application store, then there is something a little more than just bookmarks to pages on the Internet. When creating software developers can use the standard practice for them to work in offline mode.