Sony Mobile has 'an ambition' to launch Firefox OS device in 2014

Despite whatyour feelings may be about Firefox OS, various OEMs and carriers are clearly content with having more options to explore. The latest outfit appears to be Sony’s Mobile entity, which, earlier today, announced it had reached multi-year deal withTelefónica which will “explore the development” of a device runningMozilla’s novel operating system. What’s more,Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of Products Business Group, Bob Ishida, says Sony Mobile engineers are already working on a projectwith the new mobile OS on the block, adding that the eventual goal is to “bring a product to market in 2014.” Now, whether we’ll see higher-end slabs than some of the ones we’ve experienced thus far, well, dear readers, that remains to be seen.

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