Canonical, the agency in the back of Ubuntu has announced a crowdfunding marketing campaign to build the primary batch of Ubuntu facet telephones.
The company hopes to raise $32 million in 30 days to manufacture a restricted batch of 40,000 devices so that it will run both Android and open source Ubuntu contact running programs. Canonical is using the Indiegogo crowdfunding carrier, which has similarities to the more fashionable Kickstarter, for the marketing campaign and the Paypal electronic cost facility to gather the contributions.
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu, said in a press word, “Ubuntu facet is the last word convergence software – challenging based norms for PCs and smartphones. The crowdfunding manner is a new approach to prove demand for cutting edge technologies and new courses of devices, helping the Ubuntu edge is one of the simplest ways to catalyse the subsequent generation of personal gadgets from the industry.”
The revolutionary Ubuntu edge cellphone is said to support dual-boot with Ubuntu phone OS and Android, and will transform into a laptop when docked with a display with full Ubuntu computer with shared get right of entry to to all the phone’s information.
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The Indiegogo undertaking lists the specifications of the Ubuntu eEdge telephones. The cellphone shall be powered via a ‘multi-core’ processor coupled with 4GB of RAM and would include 128GB of storage. It is going to characteristic a 4.5-inch HD display with a resolution of 720×1280 pixels and will activity a sapphire crystal display. There shall be an eight-megapixel rear camera with low-mild function and a 2-megapixel entrance camera. Different features would include a GPS, an accelerometer, a gyro, a proximity sensor, a compass, a barometer, and active noise cancellation. The Ubuntu area cellphone is alleged to characteristic stereo speakers with HD audio and twin-mic recording. Connectivity options include LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC. Then again, the website certainly mentions that the specs are subject to change.
As of submitting this document, the campaign has already raised over three million dollars, less than 24 hours after launch.
