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Ubuntu Edge: The first crowdsourced phone (and largest indigogo campaign)

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Thoughts? The project wants $32 million to create a phone for the Ubuntu Phone OS
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge

Jul 23 2013 2:58PM

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CaptainObvious.

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I think the idea is really badass. I hope that they funcitonality in Ubuntu that allows you to alter code and play with it actually translates to the phone, because it would be pretty amazing to truly customize your OS.

Jul 23 2013 3:05PM

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Arabian

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If it's running the ubuntu-sources kernel, I'll have no part of it, thanks.

Jul 23 2013 3:07PM

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CaptainObvious.

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I agree with what you said, but this in particular. They have a long way to go with less than a month.

Jul 23 2013 3:13PM

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i dont see how it's going to set itself apart from android??

also the idea of 'open-source' does not appeal to cell phone companies

Jul 23 2013 3:19PM

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howlongcanausern

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*iphone

Jul 23 2013 3:22PM

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meh. i'm dual booting ubuntu right now, i'd use the OS for a computer but meh. the only reason people will want this is cause muh freedoms and to seem more 1337.

Jul 23 2013 3:46PM

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