I didn't miss the point (Canonical is making an erroneous assumption about the
market--let me explain). I am aware of all the Ubuntu "supported models"
available on the market. But frankly, I don't like any of them.
The Edge design is unlike any of the Android phones (AKA supported models) on
the market. So I think it is Canonical that is missing the point by assuming
the Edge doesn't offer anything more than convergence over an "Android
container." My argument is that it does to such an extent that people will buy
it over current "Android container" offerings.
The only physical shell (size/container/design) I really like that is on the
mobile phone market today is the iPhone 5, and it cannot run Ubuntu. My primary
hardware criticism with the iPhone 5 is that it does not have stereo speakers.
The Edge does have stereo speakers and has similar design parameters to the
iPhone 5: roughly the same size, shape, similar speaker placement, button
arrangement, etc.
So as the market stands today I am faced with this dilemma: do I want to buy
the hardware-container I prefer or the software I prefer? With the Ubuntu Edge
Phone as an option, I could buy both the hardware-container I prefer & the
software I prefer.
Mobile Phones are different than Laptops/Desktop. You carry them around with
you all day in a pocket. And the shape/weight/thickness/shell-arrangement all
become important considerations that aren't as important for Laptops/Desktops.
I love open source, but I do not like Android, and I do not like any of the
hardware-containers Android offers.
From: joerlend.schins...@ubuntu.com
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 17:55:01 +0200
Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Ubuntu Edge (constructive criticism/advice on
Canonical's approach)
To: mttbrns...@outlook.com
CC: estela...@hotmail.com; ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net
You seem to have missed the point entirely. If you want an Ubuntu Phone, then
there are phones already available on the market. Supported models now, are LG
Nexux 4 and Samsung Nexus Galaxy. But there are many more unofficial ports.
The reason for the Ubuntu Edge was never to win the market or anything like
that. Canonical isn't a hardware company. The whole point was to create a phone
that was much more powerful than any phone that could realistically be launched
as a commercial product. It is supposed to be a means to try out _future_
hardware and to push all boundaries. Even a very low-spec smart-phone that you
describe, would have to be much more expensive than comparable models on the
market, simply because of the low number of devices that could be sold.
If what you want is for Canonical to become a hardware company and compete with
Samsung and Apple, then I don't think that's realistic. It's much better to
attract existing manufacturers who are already in the hardware game.
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