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Ubuntu Touch Developers Aim for Daily Phone Usability Before June

Posted by Unknown on from the openmoko-repeats-itself dept.

colinneagle writes with the latest Ubuntu Touch news. From the article: "The team behind Ubuntu Touch (aka 'Ubuntu for Phones') have committed to pushing forward to a ready-to-use version of the OS, one that the group will use to 'eat their own dog food,' by the end of May. What that means: Over the next few weeks, the team behind Ubuntu Touch is going to be attempting to implement enough functionality to make it possible to use Ubuntu on your phone (such as the Nexus 4) on a day-to-day basis. At which point their development team will be doing exactly that." The developers are aiming just to have basic functionality working by the end of the month: calls, sms, data over wifi and cellular, a working address book, and preservation of user data across OS flashes.

2 of 83 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Is this pre-news? by OhANameWhatName · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seems like it would be better to report results rather than intentions

    Being overly excited leads to premature enunciation.

  2. Re:Why by OhANameWhatName · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is Ubuntu worried about becoming obsolete?

    Of course not. They're actively pursuing it.