The success of a smartphone or mobile terminal depends not only on its power and physical characteristics. In fact, it also doesn't come down to the idea of having a colorful operating system and running smoothly. The applications Tools that users want to use to stay in touch also have a lot to say in this regardwith friends and family, apply filters to your photos or record videos to share moments.Without caring on many occasions through which device they do it. Something that Microsoft and Windows Phone have learned with stick syrup as in the case ofInstagram, and therefore Firefox OS, the operating system of Mozilla does not want to pass.
That is why they have reached an agreement with the well-known messaging tool WhatsApp to have a version of this application on their terminals. A really important and remarkable step considering that it is the most widespread communication tool and for which many users have decided to take the step from the classic mobile phone to thesmartphone A trick that no new player in the field of operating systems should pass up.
The news hasn't come again, because it has been known for some time that Firefox OS and WhatsApp have been in negotiations since their presentation several months ago.What is really remarkable is the information that has just emerged from sources at Mozilla and Telefónica Digital, one of the great supports that this operating system has. Thus, it has been known that the version of WhatsApp for Firefox OS would be almost ready, and would reach these terminals within a couple of weeks. Therefore, its arrival is expected by the end of this month of November or in the first days of December.
A real push for an operating system that already has support from manufacturers such as ZTE, LG, Alcatel and even Telefónica And it can suppose a breath of fresh air thanks to its open philosophy, without restrictions, and that would allow the use of all kinds of applications and the Internet in low-end terminals with a very low cost A platform that still has a lot to prove but, with the presence of WhatsApp already has a point won.
It is curious, for its part, that WhatsApp launches a version of its application for this operating system even without much reception. Even more so when it didn't take the opportunity to launch itself in others like Bada from Samsung or WebOS, that did have more presence just a couple of years ago. Perhaps because of the responsibility of being the great communication company that it is today or because of the potential that he sees in Firefox OS, WhatsApp opens to this new platform. And it is that it continues to grow month by month, and not only through the large platforms. WhatsApp is also present in handsets Asha by Nokia A specially developed low-end model for emerging markets and that is succeeding in Asia and other countries.In short, a new way to reach more users, although it still has some shortcomings such as versions for tablets and computers.
