Foxconn has announced its tie up with Mozilla to develop tablets based on Firefox OS. Taiwan-based chipmaker VIA Technologies will be joining the project according to a press release. Foxconn will provide expertise in developing hardware platforms for the tablets while Mozilla will provide the OS, development guides and OS upgrades for the tablets.

Asa Dotzler, Mozilla's director of Firefox OS participation, wrote in a blog post, "We have to make the hardware available before the software is final to make it possible for contributors around the world to help us complete the build of Firefox OS for tablets."