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"If we don’t reach our target then we will focus only on commercially available handsets and there will not be an Ubuntu Edge." That makes so much more sense t
by sciurus 13y ago
"If we don’t reach our target then we will focus only on commercially available handsets and there will not be an Ubuntu Edge."
That makes so much more sense to me that I'm having a hard time understanding why Canonical would even attempt to design and manufacture their own handset.
- freehunter 13y agoFor the same reason Microsoft made the Surface and Google has the Nexus devices. "This is how it's done" sets a very strong precedence for OEMs to follow. Canonical can set the bar high right off the bat to avoid being like the first few years of Android phones.
- vidarh 13y agoAnd this is going to be a shitload of cheap PR.
- objclxt 13y ago> For the same reason Microsoft made the Surface and Google has the Nexus devices. The Nexus handsets are basically third party handsets with some input from Google, but primarily engineered and built by the hardware partner (LG, Samsung, etc). It's not really comparable. Microsoft do engineer and build the Surface themselves, but last time I checked they just took a $900 million loss on it. Hardly great stuff.
- socceroos 13y agoYou've got to remember that Canonical have openly said that they wish to be the open source version of Apple - and to even exceed them, if possible. So when this philosophy collides with the practical approach of the Nexus series then you have this device.