Flora (operating system)

Flora is a mobile operating system designed for use on 2013 and later Nashi Electronic touchscreen mobile devices. It was used as the replacement operating system to PearOS after Nashi decided to terminate PearOS in 2012. Flora was decided to be used on any phone being released during or after Q2 of 2013. It is mainly inspired by the SketchOS, also designed by Nashi, which will be used on its Sketch line of products. The first smartphone to run on the Flora operating system will be released on 5 May 2013.

Nashi has stated that Flora will be open source, and will release the updated codes annually. This means that developers and manufacturers can use the open source code to manage and personalize Flora to their own liking. However, Nashi says there would be a US$5 fee to receive the code. In order to maintain the number of apps from PearOS, the Nashi Outlet app, which stores all third-party content for download, will make a reappearance in Flora.