New Delhi: Panasonic has launched the world’s first Smart TVs based on Mozilla’s Firefox OS in Europe. The Smart TV lineup was unveiled at the CES and will be available worldwide in the coming months.
The Panasonic 2015 Smart TV models based on Firefox include: CR850, CR730, CX800, CX750, CX700 and CX680. The Panasonic VIERA CX700 is available on Currys, while the CX680 model is listed on Amazon UK for a price of £999 and £656.87 respectively.
A Mozilla blog notes that these Smart TVs are optimized for HTML5 to provide strong performance of Web apps and come with a new intuitive and customizable user interface which allows quick access to favorite channels, apps, websites and content on other devices.
Masahiro Shinada, Director of the TV Business Division at Panasonic Corporation, said that the first-ever Firefox OS-based Smart TV will allow the company to provide consumers with a more user friendly and customizable TV UI, and also bring a differentiator in the Smart TV market.
Andreas Gal, Mozilla CTO, opines that Firefox OS-based devices allow for a more connected Web experience than locking down the consumers into one propriety ecosystem or brand.
With the open mobile platform built entirely on Web technologies, developers will be able to create customized and innovative apps and experiences across connected devices.
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