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Canonical Seeks $32 Million To Make Ubuntu Smartphone
nk497 writes "Canonical has kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to raise $32 million in 30 days to make its own smartphone, called Ubuntu Edge, that can also hook up to a monitor and be used as a PC. If it meets its funding target on Indiegogo, the Ubuntu Edge is scheduled to arrive in May 2014. To get one, backers must contribute $600 (£394) on the first day or $810 (£532) thereafter. Canonical will only make 40,000 of the devices."
Actual link to indiegogo page, which is missing from FTS
http://igg.me/at/ubuntuedge
I am writing this comment on a Dell that came with Ubuntu preinstalled.
Do you care about the security of your wireless mouse?
Canonical has bullshitted too much in the past to be taken seriously about this. Several times, they've announced that new products from major vendors (Asus, Dell) would run their version of Linux. Never happened. They need to STFU until the product ships.
Who is voting up this dumbass?
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/os-applications/w/wiki/3685.dell-xps-13-laptop-developer-edition-a-client-to-cloud-solution-project-sputnik.aspx
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009F1I16K/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B009F1I16K&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwcanoniccom-20#productDetails
Major OEMs (HP, Dell, etc) ship millions of computers with Ubuntu every year. The shipments are mostly to emerging markets (China, India...), which is why you don't see many machines in western (read: slashdot-reading) countries.
Source: I am affiliated with that effort