Thread: Canonical announces Ubuntu for smartphones, we go hands-on
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nodevel is offline nodevel
2014-11-26 , 20:56
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#160
As reported by OmgUbuntu:
The Chinese news website “MyDrivers” claims that Meizu deal will not results in the launch of Ubuntu phones as most of us are expecting.

Instead, Meizu handsets will apparently retain their original Flyme OS UI, Alibaba integration and Android app ecosystem, but instead be based on Ubuntu (in some capacity, rumours lack specifics) rather than Android.
If that's true, then it is quite absurd - Ubuntu Touch could have had three selling points:
  • The UI (which I personally found quite confusing)
  • True multitasking
  • Linux app compatibility

The 2nd one was ruled out by Canonical when they changed it to the Android 'one app at a time' style.
The 3rd was was mostly ruled out by the use of Mir.
And now the 1st one is gone as well

Well done, Canonical Now the only question is how they are going to solve the 'app problem'.

EDIT: Not saying it is not a huge deal for Canonical - if it is true, then it is a big contract. It's just not huge for their customers.
Last edited by nodevel; 2014-11-26 at 21:06.
 

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