This is a happy trend for anyone who is a technical person. It's taking the computers out of the hands of the incompetent and giving them a simple device of limited use and little programability they can use to do the simple things they want to do, leaving actual computers for the people who are willing to go to effort to know how to use them.<p>The large majority of the population does not need a computer, they need a device to allow them to prattle, take pictures, and buy things. Mobile phones cover those three bases beautifully, and hence, they are the most popular device, of course.
The common strange off-waving of Firefox OS, seems to be missing the point of Firefox OS. Firefox OS cannot compete with Android and iOS, and Mozilla knows that. Instead, the intent for Firefox OS is to get the third world buying smartphones, because Firefox OS will be cheaper than its Android and iOS rivals.<p>I may be naïve or optimistic, but I have decent hopes in Firefox OS's ability to obtain this. And bringing the rest of the world onto smartphones, will surely be a help for Google and Apple.<p>Other than that, nice graphs, but I think I've seen the data before.