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Firefox OS on the ZTE Open

Firefox OS on the ZTE Open

Posted Sep 5, 2013 8:42 UTC (Thu) by pabs (subscriber, #43278)
Parent article: Firefox OS on the ZTE Open

Shame that they chose a Qualcomm MSM device, those are particularly bad for freedom because the modem controls the CPU and other devices:

http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/Targe...


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Firefox OS on the ZTE Open

Posted Sep 5, 2013 21:29 UTC (Thu) by swetland (subscriber, #63414) [Link]

Unless they're using a particularly ancient MSM SoC, that is no longer the case. 8064 (maybe earlier?) and forward no longer operate in a "modem is master" mode, which is a huge improvement.

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