Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

[Kyle Smith]

It's LTE only, that's part of their "future phone" strategy.  I believe LTE
only works on Verizon and AT&T these days (others?).


On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Mark Komarinski <mkomarinski at wayga.org>wrote:

> For a low-production run that supposedly works on Verizon (didn't see if
> it supports CDMA or is LTE-only) its not a terrible price.
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org>
> Date: 07/30/2013 7:33 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Joshua Judson Rosen <rozzin at geekspace.com>,GNHLUG General Discussion <
> gnhlug-discuss at gnhlug.org>
> Subject: Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)
>
>
> Joshua Judson Rosen <rozzin at geekspace.com> writes:
> > Just in case not everybody saw this on Slashdot already:
> >
> >     http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge
> >
> >     "The Ubuntu Edge is the next generation of personal computing:
> >      smartphone and desktop PC in one state-of-the-art device."
>
> I was already skeptical based on Shuttleworth being involved and it
> costing $800, but that video easily pushed me over the edge.
>
> He literally comes out and says we are a testbed for his production
> facility...but still wants us to pay almost a grand a head for the
> privilege. Don't Formula One drivers get paid? Which one of us is the
> millionaire, here?
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