Mozilla taking preorders for Flame smartphone

Mozilla is now taking preorders for its new FirefoxOS-powered developer smartphone codenamed "Flame," for $170.

 

In a blog post, Mozilla said it partnered with T2Mobile to make and distribute the phone to standardize the design, development, and testing of Firefox OS.

 

"Until now, there has been no 'reference device' and the options for getting something through retail were limited," it said.

 

Mozilla said the "Flame" was designed for its developer and contributor community, thus the low price.

 

It said the phone offers a "software configurable RAM option" that can "emulate many different devices that will be commercially available later this year."

 

The "Flame" is unlocked and comes with the bootloader unlocked, it noted. Other specs include:

 

 

 — Joel Locsin/TJD, GMA News