03-16-2013, 04:20 AM
When the original iPhone launched, it didn't have apps, it had web apps -- free programs that bring the best of the web to your phone. Apple soon realised that a better and more lucrative way of doing things was to create paid-for apps, and the rest is history. Jump forward five years and Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox browser is trying to bring back free web based apps with a mobile operating system completely built on HTML 5. The beauty here is that the OS will be free, and the handsets needn't be powerful. With lots of backing from major players, it's already punching above its weight. Certainly one to watch