LG reportedly building first Boot2Gecko phone as Mozilla preps app store

Mozilla’s Web-centric Boot2Gecko (B2G) mobile platform is maturing at a rapid pace. As we reported earlier this month, the operating system has already attracted hardware partners and will be demoed at the upcoming Mobile World Congress event. Mozilla is also planning to unveil its new application storefront, called the Mozilla Marketplace, which will allow third-party developers to sell applications that are built with standards-based Web technologies.

A new report from ExtremeTech cites anonymous sources who say that LG is one of Mozilla’s hardware partners. The company is said to be working towards the launch of a developer-focused smartphone that will ship with an early version of the B2G operating system.

The initial developer product will give B2G contributors and application developers a real-world hardware environment for testing their work. Mozilla’s road-map indicates that B2G will be ready for actual consumers in the second half of 2012. At that point, it will compete with Android and other mobile operating systems.

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