Has this something to do with https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox_OS/TCP ?
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Benjamin Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > On 9 February 2016 at 17:38, David Rajchenbach-Teller <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> I like the idea of a web-first device, and I believe that we can do much >> better than the marketplace approach, in particular now that we have >> Service Workers, but I think you'll need to come up with a very strong >> pitch to get Mozilla to try that. >> > > I agree, I'm hoping the community can help me strengthen that pitch! > > >> So let me ask the first few pitch questions :) >> > > By asking great questions like these :) > > >> 1/ Who would use it? Market trends indicate that by now, at least in >> rich countries, most people who want a tablet already have one and have >> no incentive to change. >> > > The examples I give in the pitch are: > > - > > Smartphone users who want a simple secondary device > - > > Late adopters > > > - > > The elderly > > > - > > Education > > > - Hospitality > > > The first two or three are my main focus. > > As I said, I think the tablet has reached a later stage of its product > lifecycle <http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/the_life_cycle_of_a_.html> where > consumers value user experience, convenience and reliability over technical > specs and performance. Tablets have a longer replacement cycle than > smartphones but the tablets being used today are going to need replacing > eventually and when they do I think consumers are not going to be comparing > products in the same way as they did when they bought their first tablet. > Late adopters are also going to be looking for different things. I think > the evidence shows that tablets have a different set of use cases to > smartphones so I don't think smartphones alone are the answer. > > >> >> 2/ Who would build the hardware? Experience shows that working with >> hardware partners is &*^%*&^ hard. >> > > This is a good question, if we got past the prototyping stage with DIY > flashing of existing tablets I'd like to work with a white label hardware > vendor to build a Firefox branded product where we help define the hardware > for small scale reference device. This could be quite expensive so I think > we'd have a lot to prove before we got to that point. I do think the > challenges of working with hardware partners could be less daunting without > the added complication of carrier certification in the mix though. > > >> >> 2bis/ Ok, you propose to flash it on top of an Android, until success, >> but who would do that when it only has a subset of the features of >> Android? >> > > Another good question, and one of the reasons I've put this to the > community. I know this is something I would use, would you? More features > isn't always better. With the swiss army knife that is the smartphone that > you carry around with you everywhere I think having lots of features is > helpful, but for a tablet which is just one device of many in the context > of the connected home I'd like it to do one thing and do it well. > > >> 3/ What's the benefit for the Web and/or Mozilla's mission? >> > > As others have mentioned, I think it's a shame that just as the web > platform is reaching the point where a browser based OS is a feasible > proposition, Mozilla has had to scale down our efforts in that area. > Unfortunately web standards move more slowly than many product lifecycles. > I think the technology landscape is finally where we need it to be and a > browser-based tablet could help demonstrate the power of the web as a > platform, and play a role in the Web of Things in your home. I feel > strongly that Mozilla needs to be in this space, if nothing else to have a > voice at the table when it comes to standardisation. > > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > dev-fxos mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos > >
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