<div dir="ltr">The other thing I like is the idea of being able to dock my phone and use it as my desktop (i.e. with a full desktop OS, not a mobile OS that's bigger). My phone is nearly as fast as my daily use laptop. I'm sure my next phone will be much faster. As far as I know, Ubuntu mobile is just a DE for an existing OS, so there isn't as much manpower necessary to keep it developed. Whether or not it has staying power is irrelevant. It's fun to have choice and try new things. If it sucks, I can always put Android back on my phone. This is why a lot of people choose Linux to begin with. Don't like Ubuntu? Try Suse, Fedora, Mint, Debian, etc. etc. At any rate, I'm not trying to start a flameware or anything, I just thought that you guys and gals would find it interesting. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Kyle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dontwantspam1@earthlink.net" target="_blank">dontwantspam1@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Freedom and Choice are both largely
true of Android, Open webOS, Firefox OS, Meego, and Tizen.
Cross-platform app design is true of Open webOS, Firefox OS, and
Tizen, as well as probably others. I don't mean to put them down
for contributing to more Freedom and Choice, but as much market
share as webOS lost, which for a while was well-supported by
carriers, had a large Palm fanbase behind it, and sold reasonably
well, Ubuntu Phone OS has a huge uphill battle ahead of them to
develop a user base capable of sustaining a project like that into
the future.<br>
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My $0.02, for what it's worth.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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On 01/03/2013 10:03 AM, John Wesorick wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Freedom. Choice. Truly cross-device app design. It
doesn't need to be successful in an x% of marketshare way. We,
as Linux users, got pretty excited when we had 1-2% marketshare
on the desktop. TBH, I'm more excited about Ubuntu for Android,
but I'm definitely going to try this out once they release the
image for my phone. </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:53 PM,
Jonathan Jesse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jjesse@gmail.com" target="_blank">jjesse@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr">Why? This is the question I'm asking....
What will make this device successful in the tight market
that is already dominated by Android and iOS with
Blackberry and Windows Phone trailing in 3rd place. I
don't think the "geeks" will rush out to adopt this phone
as there seems to be declining excitement in things
Canonical/Ubuntu related.
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There doesn't seem to be a committed carrier either
which I think won't drive adoption as well. If they
can't get VZW or AT&T selling/pushing this phone
then it will have even worse traction in the US than
Windows Phone.</div>
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<div>Or is it all an Europe/Asia thing? </div>
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<div>On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 3:54 PM, John
Wesorick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@wesorick.com" target="_blank">john@wesorick.com</a>></span>
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<div>So Ubuntu announced their Mobile OS today.
Not the Ubuntu for Android, but a full
OS. Here's a link to the video, <a href="http://youtu.be/cpWHJDLsqTU?t=6m30s" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/cpWHJDLsqTU?t=6m30s</a>
I had read that they will be releasing images
for Nexus devices in the coming weeks. Anyone
else thinks it's worth a try?</div>
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