Sony Mobile has clearly thrown its weight behind Google’s Android as the mobile operating system of choice so far, but this does not mean that Sony Mobile is going to remain where they are without checking out other possibilities to increase their influence in the smartphone market. Bob Ishida, Deputy CEO and Executive Vice President of Sony Mobile, recently mentioned, “Our engineers are now working with Firefox OS Mobile and HTML5, evolving technologies which show great potential. In addition, we continue to work with our operator partners, including Telefónica, on a development project with an ambition to bring a product to market in 2014.”
We all know that Mozilla did announce the Firefox OS for mobile devices at the current MWC in Barcelona, Spain, and this would mean that Sony could very well roll out an Xperia device sometime next year with Firefox OS as the main platform, to complement their range of Android-powered Xperia handsets. What do you think of this effort, will it be able to take off?
