Finally, the long wait if over for Pinoy fans of Mozilla’s Firefox OS!

Mozilla, through this blog post has announced the availability of Firefox OS devices in the Philippines through Cherry Mobile. The unit, called ACE has a 1GHz Single Core Processor, Dual SIM/Standby, runs on Mozilla Firefox OS 1.3T and has a 200-hour Standby Time.

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Mozilla, the mission-based organization dedicated to promoting openness, innovation and opportunity on the Web, is happy to announce that Cherry Mobile will launch the first Firefox OS smartphone in the Philippines in the coming days. Cherry Mobile will offer the customizable and affordable Firefox OS smartphone – ACE – to their customers providing unique Web experiences through its open source mobile OS. Moreover, key app providers including Easy Taxi and OLX will partner with Mozilla to enrich Firefox Marketplace and expand the Firefox OS ecosystem in the Philippines.

Cherry Mobile ACE, powered by Firefox OS at Mozilla Community Space Manila (MozSpaceMNL)
Cherry Mobile ACE, powered by Firefox OS at Mozilla Community Space Manila (MozSpaceMNL)

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Robert “Bob” Reyes is a technologist, an ICT Consultant and Tech Speaker, a certified Google IT Support Specialist, and an Open Source advocate representing the global non-profit Mozilla (makers of Firefox) in the Philippines. Bob is a Technology Columnist for the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation and an aviation subject matter expert contributor for Spot.PH.

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