Posted on 02/08/2015 1:39:22 AM PST by moose07
| An Ubuntu-powered smartphone is coming to the market a year and a half after a previous attempt to launch a model via crowdfunding failed. The Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu edition relies on a card-like user interface that is not focused on apps. Unlike the original proposal, the handset does not become a desktop PC when plugged into a monitor. It is initially being targeted at "early adopters", who developers hope will become advocates for the platform. The British company Canonical, which developed the Linux-based operating system, said it hoped to emulate the success of Chinese companies including Xiaomi with its launch strategy. {snip}
The Ubuntu handset can run apps written in either the HTML5 web programming language or its own native QML code.
However, its operating system effectively hides them away. Instead of the traditional smartphone user interface - featuring grids of apps - it uses themed cards that group together different facilities. Canonical calls these Scopes, and they are reminiscent of the swipe-based card system used by the Google Now personal assistant. Pictures at site...Removed due to Copyright...
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Hmmm.
No overpriced Apple Ecosystem.
No invasive Google track-your-every-step ad delivery system.
I hope this gets going.
You mean we won’t have to have all our personal data swiped as soon as we download an app?
I’m in.
Does have an appeal to it, doesn’t it. Hope it is as easy to recover, from a Pen drive ,as the main computer sytem is....:)
Thank you. :)
The Pics i posted where yanked out of the ground ,roots and all.
Unlike the original proposal, the handset does not become a desktop PC when plugged into a monitor.Too bad, that's an excellent idea. The new version of the Raspberry Pi is (I believe) out and shipping; for $35 it turns a TV with a USB port (for power) and HDMI into a computer, and add a wired router, everybody's gone surfin'.
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