Hi, I’m interested in Ubuntu touch for phones and have made a few observations regarding it.
As of now the the newest device that is officially supported is still the soon two years old Nexus 4, is not about time to consider support a newer device? I find the wiki [1] very scare of details on how to get involved, it seems not to be any real effort from Canonical to create a community around Ubuntu Phone in the same way with the Ubuntu operating system or maybe more relevant for Ubuntu touch, FirefoxOS. Mozilla for example have a program where community members and developers can get testing devices[2] [3], is there any plans for for similar initiative around Ubuntu Phones? When Mozilla launch FirefoxOS in new markets they tend to work very closely with the local community [4], I don’t get the impression that Canonical are doing any real efforts in area, (not yet at least). I really hope Canonical and the phone team learn can some lesson from Mozilla and improve (this also includes communication which I think have been lacking), it would only increase Ubuntu Phone chances of success. 1 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices 2 https://wiki.mozilla.org/FirefoxOS/Community/Mobilizers 3 https://wiki.mozilla.org/FirefoxOS/TCP 4 http://asadotzler.com/2014/07/03/foxtrot-is-here/ -- -mvh Oliver Propst -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
