An overview of Mozilla's Boot to Gecko (B2G) as presented by Bob Reyes for the Mozilla Philippines Community.

1. Boot to
Gecko (B2G)
Robert DC. Reyes
http://bobreyes.com
bob@mozillaph.org
@bobreyes
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2. About Me …
Aviation Professional by day

3. About Me …
Mozilla Representative &
Firefox Contributor by night (weekends & when I’m free)

4. About Me …
• Mozilla Representative since Jun 2011
• Aviation Professional since Nov 1998
• Educator, Pianist, Photographer, Hobby Blogger,
Gadgeteer, & 101% Pinoy
• Dad of Robyn Andi Xeon
• Official Mozilla Wiki Page:
• https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Bobreyes
• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) since 2002 

5. What is B2G?
• Boot to Gecko (B2G) is a complete, standalone operating
system for the open web.
• Mozilla’s open source web-based operating system for
mobile devices.
• The framework for the Open Web Device platform was
introduced at the Mobile World Congress last Feb 2012
(in Barcelona, Spain).

6. What Hardware is
Supported?
• As of now, B2G has been tested on Samsung Galaxy S II &
the Samsung Nexus S.
• Why only these devices?
• Because these devices are commercially available to
Mozilla employees & community members.
• Mozilla is in the process of finalizing the lead OEM partner
prior to commercial shipping of B2G devices.
• B2G, as of now, works (tested) on Qualcomm chipset-based
hardware.

7. VS the Webian Shell Project
• The Webian Shell Project is focused on a “web-centric”
desktop experience.
• B2G is focused on extending the web to include more of
what is traditionally the domain of OS-specific code.

8. VS the Chrome OS
• B2G is aiming at mobile / tablet devices rather than
notebooks (or even netbooks).
• B2G tries to expose all device capabilities like phone
dialers, that can be built with Web APIs.

9. OEM Support for B2G
• Mozilla, Qualcomm, & Telefónica are working together to
deliver a feature rich prototype platform.
• No Philippine telco takers yet 
• Just recently, Adobe joined the B2G Project.
• Very soon, Deutsche Telecom’s Innovation Labs will be
joining the B2G Project.

10. Why B2G?
• Using HTML5, developers everywhere write directly to the
web
• The source code is open and accessible & the project is
based entirely on open standards
• Enabling HTML5 devices running on the Open Web which
can deliver smartphone capabilities at feature phone
prices.

11. Why B2G?
• According to Telefónica:
“Boot to Gecko phones will be 10 times cheaper than an
iPhone.”
• Boot to Gecko architecture eliminates the need for apps to
be built on platform-specific native API’s.

12. Boot to Gecko UI
• B2G is the low-level workings of the phone
• On top of that, you will be able to have any interface layer
you want
• Telefónica developed one already
• Mozilla has Gaia

13. What is Gaia?
• Mozilla’s user interface for Boot to Gecko which is an
extension of that
• What makes Gaia extra interesting is that it is all
developed in HTML5, CSS, & JavaScript
• Gaia is developed completely in the open

14. The Gaia UX

15. The Gaia UX

16. B2G Simulator