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Re: Ubuntu Edge fails to raise goal

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Likewise. My N950 has an incredible keyboard -- it even have a proper control key -- but its operating system is completely dead in the water. There don't seem to be any modern Android phones that run on GSM and have physical keyboards. The Phonon Q has its SIM card soldered to the phone. I just ordered a Galaxy S Relay off ebay, which is last year's hardware and its physical keyboard is supposed to be kind of bad an…

It seems like the percentage of people who want a physical keyboard on their phones is good deal smaller than those who don't. So it makes sense to cater to the majority initially and then if that's successful to bring out a physical keyboard variant. There's no point in saying that you would have bought the Edge if only it had a physical keyboard. You are not the target market. Why don't you make a HN poll and find…

There is already a myriad of mini keyboards on ebay, although I haven't used any but some of them look sufficiently good to use along side a smartphone. In the future I think they will improve to the point where people who want a physical keyboard will just buy it separately.

Re: Ubuntu Edge fails to raise goal

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What did you ask? I've been trying some Ubuntu Touch development recently and I found documentation for it to be ok.

Questions like these. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6181597

1) Yes. It is normal Ubuntu. You'd have to install some extra packages. 2) Yes, you can execute code in Desktop or Mobile - how you deliver the interface though would probably be done by either HTML or C++/QT Quick. 3) Yes, yes and yes. 4) It is a single environment with multiple interfaces. Plug it into a monitor and Unity Next will switch layout to Desktop - Plug it into a TV and it'll switch layout to Ubuntu for TV. All the underlying code is the same.
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