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"Invite-Only" Ubuntu Mobile-Powered Meizu UX4 Goes On Sale
Mickeycaskill writes: Chinese manufacturer Meizu and Ubuntu developer Canonical have released the MX4 smartphone, but prospective owners will have to 'earn' an opportunity to buy the phone by playing an interactive origami game. Players are limited to three chances per day and this is the only way to buy the smartphone as it will no go on wider sale at a later date. The MX4 is the third Ubuntu Mobile smartphone to be released, following the BQ Aquaris E4.5 and E5 devices.
Gotta agree - a link to the actual site that, you know, *sells* the damned things would be nice...
It's OOS - if you want a link that's not provided write it yourself...
I'm a consultant - I convert gibberish into cash-flow.
What are you smoking? The Atrix came, from Motorola, with Webtop, a version of Ubuntu. It was a desktop when you plugged it into the dock accessory.
"The Atrix 4G was one of the first Motorola devices to ship with its Webtop platform. When the phone is placed into its HD Multimedia Dock or Laptop Dock accessories, the user can access an Ubuntu-based desktop featuring access to the phone and its applications via the Mobile View'application, integration of Android notifications into the desktop, multimedia playback through Entertainment Center, file management through Nautilus, and the Firefox web browser (along with support for Prism for the site-specific browsers used on Webtop mode).[19]
In September 2011, Motorola released the source code of the Webtop software on SourceForge.[20]"
The hack was created by Fenny from XDA, that allowed access to Webtop without purchasing the dock accessory.
Don't argue, I am right, I have an Atrix sitting in my desk at home. I am very familiar with the phone and it's hacks.
Sorry, teleporters just kill you and then make a copy. A perfect, soul-less copy.
You wouldn't want it if you had it.
Ubuntu's mobile OS has all the same problems as FirefoxOS:
It has zero native apps but pretends to have lots of "apps" which are actually just icons that link to mobile websites.
The OS itself is a confusion of UI elements and interactions that require one to spend more time navigating the OS than using it.
The OS itself is a confusion of UI elements and interactions that require one to spend more time navigating the OS than using it.
That's the classic problem. I don't want an OS to be noticeable - if I see your transition as anything other than "expected", you're doing it wrong. The job of the OS should be to get the fuck out of the way and let me use my device. So far - for me at least - that leaves me at OSX/iOS by default (although they still manage to intrude, they're getting even better with age).
I feel the same way about *NIX window managers - if you have to "use" them on a regular basis, they're doing it wrong.
You're special forces then? That's great! I just love your olympics!