
Foreword
The first Ubuntu Phone will reportedly be available this October.
Reporting a meeting with Shuttleworth earlier this week, Michael Hickins of the Wall Street Journal writes that the founder of Ubuntu announced plans to send a phone to two large geographic markets in October of this year.
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October is much closer than the “beginning of 2014” - the date, which Canonical gave up to this point, a date that many critics consider too late if they want to compete with rivals.
Mozilla will launch the first phone running Firefox OS in South America later this year. Other mobile phone manufacturers, including ZTE, and more than 7 major national operators also announced plans to ship devices with Firefox OS.
Although it does not confirm one of two territorial goals, Mark notes that North America is a key market for Ubuntu.
Note translator. original: blogs.wsj.com/cio/2013/02/06/ubuntu-smartphone-shipping-in-october
Shuttleworth stated that the new mobile operating system will be available in two large geographic markets in October, and although he did not name North America as one of two markets, he said that North America is a key market for Ubuntu. He said that the operating system is of interest to operators, as well as those who want to destroy the hegemony of Apple and Google smartphones on the market. Shuttleworth declined to name operators and mobile partners.
Details on the specifics are scarce. Mark declined to name any mobile partner or carrier.
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