Thread: Shuttleworth plans Ubuntu smartphone
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2012-05-09 , 10:21
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Originally Posted by marmistrz View Post
Something in English here
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...s_tablets.html
Ok, this article at least contains some information.

But I don't like reading this:
Unlike Google, which is acquiring handset manufacturer Motorola, Canonical has no plans to offer its own smartphones, so presumably would be a more neutral party to hardware manufacturers.
Why would any smartphone producer switch from the established android platform to Ubuntu?
I fear that without an own device Ubuntu will never be the primary OS on any smartphone, not even for hackers because the proprietary firmware blobs will remain android-only.