Geeksphone Peak Firefox OS Unboxing
Any time you get a new device it's like instant Christmas. Whether it's top of the line or bottom of the barrel, we're always excited to check out unique devices to see what we can learn, check out what apps are popular, and test the websites we work on. My latest devices is a Geeksphone Peak. The following are images from my joyous unboxing.
I look forward to dabbling with this developer device much as I did the Keon. Firefox OS is making major strides in countries around the world and I continue to be amazed at the work rate of the team at Mozilla!
![CSS @supports]()
Feature detection via JavaScript is a client side best practice and for all the right reasons, but unfortunately that same functionality hasn't been available within CSS. What we end up doing is repeating the same properties multiple times with each browser prefix. Yuck. Another thing we...
![Vibration API]()
Many of the new APIs provided to us by browser vendors are more targeted toward the mobile user than the desktop user. One of those simple APIs the Vibration API. The Vibration API allows developers to direct the device, using JavaScript, to vibrate in...
![Vibration API]()
Many of the new APIs provided to us by browser vendors are more targeted toward the mobile user than the desktop user. One of those simple APIs the Vibration API. The Vibration API allows developers to direct the device, using JavaScript, to vibrate in...
![Vertically Centering with Flexbox]()
Vertically centering sibling child contents is a task we've long needed on the web but has always seemed way more difficult than it should be. We initially used tables to accomplish the task, then moved on to CSS and JavaScript tricks because table layout was horribly...
Where did you found new Peak? Isn’t this device discontinued or they are still providing it Mozilla employees?
When I got my developer preview of the Keon I messed around with it for days. Ah, I fish I still got free stuff like that :(
Wait for reboots in 1.4+ versions and the battery to inflate…