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Re: Ubuntu Edge

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Post by wmf »

ludoo wrote: post #20

32 million dollars? 830$ for a device, when high end MTK based phones cost max 300 (Zopo, THL, etc.) on the European market, and less than that in China? They haven't got a clue... Why don't they start making working ROMs for existing phones. If they targeted a few existing high end phones and the ubiquitous and cheap MT6589 models (quad core, many with full HD screens) they might have a better chance of starting to…

High end and Mediatek are a contradiction. They're probably looking at something like a Snapdradon 900.

Re: Ubuntu Edge

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Post by Zigurd »

drcode wrote: post #11

Does anyone really still want a phone you can plug into a monitor? This would have been a dream product back before broadband and wifi became ubiquitous, and before extra PCs became so cheap. Nowadays, it seems like a much better design is to have multiple devices with different form factors that can access shared data via a cloud. (unless this product is meant as an NSA-proof system, but I don't see that it makes a…

A phone, or better still a tablet, on which I could run Ubuntu dual-screen would be a winner with me. I could have a light tablet for meetings and document-creation and a portable development environment with a portable external monitor.

Re: Ubuntu Edge

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Post by wmf »

shmerl wrote: post #29
kklimonda wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

bionic with libhybris

Not exciting then. More interesting would be to crowdfund glibc drivers.

So, ten people each putting in $100K? Because I think that's how many people care about this issue.

Re: Ubuntu Edge

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Post by shmerl »

wmf wrote: post #34
shmerl wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not exciting then. More interesting would be to crowdfund glibc drivers.

So, ten people each putting in $100K? Because I think that's how many people care about this issue.

If people care about mobile Linux, they care about this issue (it's the worst issue in the industry). If people don't care, they wouldn't care about this device either. There are tons of Android clones already for them to use.

Re: Ubuntu Edge

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Post by ealexhudson »

dkokelley wrote: post #30
ealexhudson wrote: post #2

I upvoted this because I think it's an interesting experiment. Attempting to raise $1M+ every day for a month, though, I think is insanely ambitious. Asking people for $830 for a device that they won't get for a year is asking a lot, particularly since the specs aren't worlds away from current phones (two years time, and probably $500 would get you a device with those specs, unlocked). Worse, I just don't even get th…

I'm wondering if the ambitious goal of $32M is part of their strategy. Given that a higher goal is less likely to be met, I (and others who might consider backing) may be willing to adjust our risk function for the $600-800 such that we are more likely to back the project. Assuming that after 30 days only $20M is raised, then the outcome is as follows: 1: Nobody is actually charged for supporting the project 2: Other…

Yeah, it's quite possible they realise how unlikely the target is, and it could just be a way of attempting to demonstrate the market (given $830 is likely at one end of the bell-curve, it's a potentially interesting data point).

I find it a bit baffling. I refuse to believe Canonical want to enter the hardware market, but maybe there is a Nexus-like role for this hardware in terms of getting the ODMs to up their game. But, as a way of testing the market, I don't understand it. The FirefoxOS approach is much more appropriate, tbh, and if anything they need volume (which is going to come from the lower end of the market) not quality.

Re: Ubuntu Edge

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Post by kklimonda »

shmerl wrote: post #29
kklimonda wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

bionic with libhybris

Not exciting then. More interesting would be to crowdfund glibc drivers.

Maybe [1], but then Canonical is aiming at getting Ubuntu into as many phones as possible, and it working with the Android stack is helping in achieving this goal.

[1] On the other hand what would be a benefit of investing into getting drivers work with glibc, other than running your classic Linux distribution?

Re: Ubuntu Edge

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Post by emehrkay »

drcode wrote: post #11

Does anyone really still want a phone you can plug into a monitor? This would have been a dream product back before broadband and wifi became ubiquitous, and before extra PCs became so cheap. Nowadays, it seems like a much better design is to have multiple devices with different form factors that can access shared data via a cloud. (unless this product is meant as an NSA-proof system, but I don't see that it makes a…

If Adobe were to put creative suite or there were a real viable alternative to it, Id use this phone as my main web dev machine.
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