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Story: Developer preview for Ubuntu Phone due this week - UpdateTotal Replies: 6
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r_a_trip

Feb 19, 2013
4:07 PM EST 		Wake me up when Canonical has managed to get it on hardware that was manufactured to carry it from the get go. For now it's like a bad case of possession in Android hardware.
JaseP

Feb 19, 2013
4:43 PM EST 		I actually prefer the idea of being able to put it on hardware that wasn't designed to support it from the beginning,... But that's just me...
r_a_trip

Feb 19, 2013
4:57 PM EST 		In a geek, yeah it runs!, kinda way this is cool. As a way to start the mobile Canonical business? Not so much. Where are the dedicated devices? Piggybacking on the Android ecosystem is not a longterm plan for success.
tracyanne

Feb 19, 2013
5:29 PM EST 		I'm just hoping bthat because it runs on any Android capable hardware that this makes it easier for OEMs to build Ubuntu based devices. Only time will tell.

I certainly don't want us facing yet another future of post purchase installs.
r_a_trip

Feb 19, 2013
6:44 PM EST 		Hear, hear. Without dedicated, Ubuntu branded devices, this software is dead in the water.
CFWhitman

Feb 19, 2013
10:54 PM EST 		They've said since the first announcement that Ubuntu branded phones won't come till later in the year. I think we should at least wait till they're late before complaining about them not arriving.
Steven_Rosenber

Feb 20, 2013
12:16 AM EST 		Yep, when there's a device out there in the store, that'll be the time to say "yeah." Before that, it's "meh."

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