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The Case for Ubuntu Phone

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If they're trying to target the same customers that buy Apple and Android for the services and all the other skin-deep beauty, I think they're going to fail for sure. Hopefully, there's enough people that just want a general purpose computer with and open source operating system that just happens to include cellular internet connection (bonuses for me would be a a hardware keyboard, is at a size that actually fits in…

Hopefully, there's enough people that just want a general purpose computer with and open source operating system that just happens to include cellular internet connection (bonuses for me would be a a hardware keyboard, is at a size that actually fits in your pocket and has a hard switch to disconnect it from the network) There aren't. I'm sorry, but the number of people who actually truly care about "general purpose…

"What is it with the hardware keyboard"

Just typing in a simple search with any words that don't autocomplete is excruciating. URLs, user names, passwords, anything that isn't a dictionary word, are impossible to type. The only things touchscreen is good for is infrequent single taps, panning and zooming.

Re: The Case for Ubuntu Phone

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I would like to try Ubuntu Phone but I cannot find it anywhere. Canonical's page says that all devices are out of stock, various online stores say exactly the same thing, and all the devices that are listed as compatibile (Nexus 5 for instance) are two generations old and also hard to come by. The only option I haven't tried is buying used phone on eBay, because they usually come in pretty bad shape so I want brand n…

You can still buy a tablet here (top listing). https://www.amazon.es/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?__mk_es_ES=%C3%85M%...

Re: The Case for Ubuntu Phone

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post #12

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It's a bit academic right now as there are no Ubuntu phones on sale, but yes, that would be a great page to make.

There are Ubuntu tablets on sale now, which run about the same software as far as I know.

Tablets here (top choice):

https://www.amazon.es/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?__mk_es_ES=%C3%85M%...

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