Category: Firefox OS

Yosapp – WhatsApp Web client to use WhatsApp directly on browser – Whatsapp Website UI to access through Web Browser (Chrome/Firefox/Safari/Opera Mini/UC Browser)
My obsession with WhatsApp simply never seems to end, After writing about WhatsApple – WhatsApp client for PC , and 5 WhatsApp protocol supported apps for Firefox OS Phones , i looked around for even more Simpler and unique solutions and came across – Yosapp! and I simply loved this concept ! Its unique and pretty much what i am looking for! – WhatsApp Web UI! (Use Whatsapp through Website) . Yosapp enables a user to use WhatsApp Protocol directly through the Browser , it means that, to access WhatsApp through Yosapp there’s no need to download any WhatsApp App/Client whatsoever! All you need to do is Register your account and mobile number on Yosapp site and you’re ready to use it! (You can use WhatsApp on Opera Mini and UC Browser(Ucweb) too! )

UPDATE – Yosapp is now DEAD , but WhatsApp has now launched its official WhatsApp Web Client – Read about it here.

Features of Yosapp!
- WhatsApp Web UI (No need to Download Any WhatsApp Client!).
- You can Access your WhatsApp account and use it for chatting from literally anywhere, e.g Net cafes,Web-browsers,Mobile browsers etc.
- You can use it to access Whatsapp for Accessing on Public Computers such as school and college labs
- Easy Contacts Management – once you add your contacts in the Yosapp site, you can chat with them directly! So, in case you change your mobile Phone or lose your contacts, you have an all-time backup of the contacts.
- Works on all browsers and accessible from anywhere , its pretty much like GMail, you sign in to your WhatsApp account, check and reply to the chats sent when you were offline, as well as Chat with the friends who are online too :).
- Attachments sent by users to you can also be viewed and forwarded .
- OS Independent : As its web-based you can practically use it on any Web-browser IE/Chrome/Firefox/Safari/Opera Mini/UCBrowser and any OS you want Windows/Linux/Android/Mac/Firefox OS/tizen etc and the list goes on and on…
- Supports Desktop Notifications too , if supported by the Browser e.g Chrome.
  UPDATE – Yosapp is now DEAD , but WhatsApp has now launched its official WhatsApp Web Client – Read about it here.
Configuring and using Yosapp too is very easy , simply perform the following steps to Configure and use Yosapp!
1. Visit the Yosapp site by Clicking here.
2. Click on the Sign-Up account icon in the Right hand side top corner as shown in below image –
3. Now you will be shown a Sign-Up Form as shown below – , Please fill in the 10-digit mobile Number and other details and Click on the “Sign-Up” button.
4. Now , login to your registered account by clicking the “Y” icon , shown at the centre of screen, on left hand-side of Sign-Up form , and click on “Login” button.
5. As you have registered for first time on Yosapp , it will ask for one-time verification of your Mobile Number either through SMS or by Call, as shown below , here select the Verification method and click on forward arrow button or “>” (see figure)
6. Now in the next Step, Enter the Six – digit verification number received on your Mobile, and click Next
7. Voila! You are ready to use WhatsApp! on your browser, Simply Add a contact through “Add Contact” icon or through “Settings” icon as shown in below figure and start chatting ! [ Check the below figure for all Controls and Options ]
8. Note : While adding New Contact, you will see a “CC” option CC stands for Country Code, in that field Enter the Country Code of the Contact
That’s it , you can now log-off and Sign-in again to your Whatsapp/Yosapp account from anywhere PC/Mobile to use WhatsApp! and it won’t ask for Verification too!

UPDATE – Yosapp is now DEAD , but WhatsApp has now launched its official WhatsApp Web Client – Read about it here.

Thus, you can now access, your WhatsApp account from anywhere through your Yosapp account, Click here to go to Yosapp! If you have any doubts/queries/suggestions feel free to comment
September 10, 2014
5 Apps-Ways to Install/Use WhatsApp On Firefox OS Phones | 5 Clients of WhatsApp for Firefox OS Phones
The latest OS in the Smartphone Market – Firefox OS, doesn’t have the Most downloaded and popular app for Smartphones – WhatsApp!! , hence a lot of users are hesitating to buy Firefox OS Phones, No matter how good they are and the great Value for Money they provide . However, there’s a twist in the tale – Though there is no Official WhatsApp app as of yet for Firefox OS, but it has not 1 or 2.. but 5 IM Apps which can be used to chat over WhatsApp Protocol . Thus, if you use it cleverly enough you can easily use 5 WhatsApp Numbers on a Single Phone which even Android cannot do! So let’s have a look on all the 5 WhatsApp Alternative Client apps for Firefox OS. You can also test the following apps on Firefox OS Simulator on PC before trying them on your mobile.

Update – Some of these apps fail to generate verification code so, please keep this app handy if you need to Generate the WhatsApp Password for using it on PC – Click here to Download WART (Whatsapp Password Generator/Verification Code Requester)

App No 1. Connect A2

Connect A2 app was the solution given by Intex when users enquired if their firefox OS based phone – Intex Cloud FX supported WhatsApp., and the answer is a valid one!
Though, Some users complained that Connect A2 didn’t work for them , I checked it myself in Firefox Simulator and it worked simply fine for me (you can Check the alongside screenshot )

Connect A2 supports WhatsApp protocol and features such as Personal Contact Messaging , Group messaging , Attachments sending and viewing , notifications basically all that is available in WhatsApp! as well as you can register your number too,if not registered with WhatsApp for using the App.

Overall its a worthy app, capable of replacing WhatsApp on Firefox Phones. for some reasons, if you cannot connect with connect A2 don’t get disheartened we have 4 Apps more for the same purpose mentioned later in this post :).

Note : While Registering do tick-the Whatsapp Net Experimental option as shown in image, else the WhatsApp Chat Protocol won’t work

Click here to download Connect A2 App from Firefox Market Place

App No 2. OpenWapp

OpenWapp is a Whatsapp-only client for Firefox OS, as it was built for WhatsApp only, its user interface is as clean and tidy as compared to Connect A2.I simply love this app for its Simplicity and clean UI, infact, i liked it more than the Official UI of WhatsApp Android App .

OpenWapp also provides all the Features of WhatsApp such as Personal and Group Messaging , Managing Groups , Sending and viewing Attachments, and notifications. Infacr this is my favorite WhatsApp Client for Firefox OS phones! highly recommended! It also supports New Account Registration, which is somewhat buggy in Connect A2.

Click here to Download OpenWapp from Firefox OS Market Place

App No 3. Loqui IM

Loqui IM is a multi-platform chat client for Firefox OS phones, and it supports WhatsApp protocol too.., hence you can use Loqui IM to chat with
- WhatsApp
- Google Hangouts
- Facebook Chat
- Nimbuzz
- Nokia ovi
- Microsoft Lync
- Any other XMPP/Jabber provider in the world
Some users found the UI of Loqui more good than OpenWapp,but not me – it comes to personal choice but Loqui, still is a great app to manage all the chats from a single app . It supports all Whatsapp Functions and Notifications , however i was not able to check attachments uploading of the app , still worth giving a try

Click here to download Loqui IM from Firefox Market Place

App No 4. Yosapp

Even though at the time of writing this Article Yosapp is in beta, it features in because of the promise it provides .. Its a pure – Web App unlike the previous ones , and i was able to launch and run the Yosapp app directly through the Firefox Browser for PC without even installing the Firefox Simulator. hence, this app can prove to be a great solution for PC users with low configs,as it will present them with a very – light weight Whatsapp Client.

The first Beta of Yosapp contains a lot of bugs (No group support in Beta ), and functions available are limited such as –

1. Basic Messaging with Phone Numbers
2. Image Receival
3. Video Receival
4. Adding of new Friends
5. Deleting Friends
6. Editing Friends
7. Connecting with Whatsapp Servers.

Click here to Download Yosapp from Firefox Market Place

App No 5. Wassap

Image Credits : FirefoxAdvices.com

Wassap is yet another WhatsApp client for Firefox OS devices, it works pretty smoothly and is stable and supports many of the Original WhatsApp features such as chat function, sending emoji, pictures, receiving audio and voice notes, videos, pictures etc and creating groups as also getting notifications etc.

However , it does lack some features of the original app such as the ability to change subject of a group, seeing others’ status, getting real-time push notifications and adding/ removing people from an existing group. Let’s wish that the Subsequent Updates will add the missing features too ..

Update : The Wassap app is not visible currently in the Market Place , hence, shifting this to the last rank will rank this App as soon as it becomes available once again .

Click here to download Wassap from Firefox Market Place

So , these were some of the WhatsApp Clients which you can use for using WhatsApp on your Firefox OS phones, and they won’t let you miss your favorite app . If you know of any other good alternative apps for Whatsapp on Firefox OS or if you have any doubts/queries/suggestions feel free to comment .
September 8, 2014
Installation/Setup of Firefox OS Simulator on PC/Mac | Run/Install Firefox OS apps on PC (Windows/Mac OS/Linux) through Firefox Emulator
As soon as Intex and Spice had launched their new feature phones in the Indian Market , I wanted to purchase them for getting my hands on the new Firefox OS but at the same time their limited hardware refrained me from doing so.. hence, I started looking for Firefox OS Emulator for PC , and found that configuring the Firefox OS simulator for testing and checking Firefox OS is really quite Simple! So, in this tutorial I will cover all you need to do for Installation / Setup Firefox OS Simulator on PC , And let me tell you all we require is a Firefox browser for PC – So this tutorial will work for PC as well as Mac , practically any OS – Mac OS, Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora etc) ,Windows XP /7/8/9 all..

Prerequisites –
Mozilla Firefox 33 (Can work on Previous versions too 26 and later, but its really quite simple to configure and use in 33).

So , let’s get Started –

Step 1. Installing Mozilla Firefox 33 on your Default OS

This will be our ‘base’ for running the Firefox OS Emulator/Simulator , at the time of writing this article Firefox 33 is in beta, but i have tested it and everything works simply fine! also i will update the links as soon as the Final version becomes available. So first let’s Download and install Firefox Browser 33 from these links according to the OS installed –

Download Firefox 33.0 Beta for Windows
Download Firefox 33.0 Beta for Linux
Download Firefox 33.0 Beta for Mac

Step 2. Navigating to the App Manager

App Manager is the one-stop destination for Coding as well as testing Firefox Apps , its been launched from the Firefox Version 33, to Access Manager Perform the Steps below –
Go to Menu -> Developer -> in the list which appears select App Manager as shown in the alongside image –

Step 3. Adding a Device (Firefox OS Add-on)
- Now after going to the App Manager , you will be greeted with a screen , showing apps and devices in the left pane . Here , select devices in the left pane and in the bottom pane click on the “Start Simulator” button as shown below – Here, in the bottom pane , Click on the “Add” button (you can check the below figure for the add button ,The Firefox OS 1.3 shown in image won’t be visible to you, its shown in my image because i already have the device installed for making the tutorial)
After clicking on the Add button you will be redirected to a webpage , there click on the “Install Simulator” button as shown below –

After clicking on install Simulator , you will be redirected to the Version select page of App-Manager helper, asking you to select the version of Firefox OS you want to install , here select the Firefox OS version you would like to emulate, in my case i selected v 1.3 as it was the latest Stable release shown in the image below –

After selecting the OS version it will ask you to allow installation of Add-On , please select “Allow or Install Now” to allow the installation of Add-On ., Now wait for sometime till the add-on gets installed.

Step 4 . Going to the App Manager after add-on installed , and running the Emulated device
- After the installation of Add-On again navigate to the App Manager as mentioned in Step 2.
- Now , go to Device in the left pane , Select “Start Simulator” in the bottom pane , now you will see your device name – Firefox OS version in bottom pane alongside the Start Label .
- Here, Simply click on the Firefox OS x.x (in my case it was Firefox OS 1.3) alongside Start label , to start the device and voila! the Device Emulation will be started and your device will appear in a new Window!
Step 5 . Done!

That’s it you have installed your own Firefox Emulator to run and Install Firefox OS , you can browse through the UI by swiping while pressing the left-mouse click , just as in Android Menu. also the deviee automatically takes the Internet Connection of your Computer, So you can start Installing and Running Firefox OS Apps, right through the Firefox App Marketplace present in the Emulated Device itself

Here’s a Screenshot of my Emulated device in action , its in-built Music app,automatically detected Songs from my PC’s Music library and i was able to play them from the device itself –

You may also like to install WhatsApp on the Firefox OS Simulator by reading this article

So, just play around and do tell us What you think about the OS, also if you have any problem in configuring/installing the Firefox OS Simulator feel free to comment
September 8, 2014