There is something magical about Firefox OS
> In short, Firefox OS is about taking the technologies behind the Web, like JavaScript, and using them to produce an entire mobile operating system. Just let that sink in for a moment — it's a mobile OS powered by JavaScript!<p>This kind of happened before: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_webOS" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_webOS</a><p>What went wrong? Well, apparently[1] there were some big performance issues—and IIUC Gecko has some of those already.<p>[1]: <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/hp-ipad-2-webos-testing-double-touchpad-performance-says-insider-19172970/" rel="nofollow">http://www.slashgear.com/hp-ipad-2-webos-testing-double-touc...</a>