"Hi-end" smartphones with Ubuntu Touch will appear in 2014

This was announced today by the founder of Canonical Mark Shuttleworth. According to him, the other day a contract was signed with an unnamed smartphone manufacturer. According to the contract, productive phones with Ubuntu Touch will be released in 2014. As you can see, Canonical does not give up - despite the unsuccessful completion of the campaign to raise funds for the creation of such a device on its own, the phone will still see the light.



At that time, slightly more than $ 12 million out of the $ 32 million required for a successful start of production was raised.

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Now the OS for mobile devices Ubuntu Touch is available for everyone, but you need to install it on your own, on the available devices. So far, no smartphone maker has taken up the issue of devices based on this OS. Rather, it was so until recently, because someone still decided to take this step. It is a pity that Shuttleworth did not say which company will be releasing smartphones based on Ubuntu Touch.



Among other things, the head of Canonical said that negotiations are currently underway with another 4 major manufacturers of smartphones. It may well be that there are several other companies that will agree to release a new type of smartphone with a relatively new OS on board. It is worth remembering that this smartphone will allow the user to get a full-fledged workstation when a keyboard, mouse and monitor are connected to the phone.



A kind of desktop-in-pocket. Well, it remains only to wish Canonical good luck.



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