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Meizu confirms new MX4 with Ubuntu Touch for this year
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article published on 14 September, 2014
Canonical will launch its first commercial Ubuntu Touch-based phone in conjunction with partner Meizu later this year.
The Meizu MX4 will feature the Linux operating system, and should be released in December.
Meizu, Bq and Canonical announced the first Ubuntu Touch partnership back in February, but only gave a "Fall 2014" time frame for the first phone release. Canonical devs have ... [ read the full article ]
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19. September 2014 @ 17:49 |
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I'm glad they got this back on the shelf I was hoping we would see a Linux style Smart Phone. Competition is a good thing and I'll bet this is a nice Mobile OS version.
Can hardly wait to play with it!
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19. September 2014 @ 18:18 |
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those beveled edges worry me. Aren't they worried about getting sued by apple?
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21. September 2014 @ 09:15 |
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This is very nice to see. I'm curious as to whether the Play Store will be available without hacking, but the Amazon app store has really developed since its inception, so that's starting to become less of an issue. Depending on the price of it, this may end up being yet another chisel to chip away at the flagging Apple market share. I read an article about how Apple is afraid of Samsung the other day...as a proud and very happy OnePlus One user, I must say that the OPO is the one they should be fearing the most right now, but I'd like to see how this one factors into that as well.
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21. September 2014 @ 09:56 |
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My best guess would be that it wouldn't for a year or so but eventually would have all of the niceties that iOS, Andriod, and Windows 8 is becoming.
Remember when Andriod's first started, hardly any apps, widgets, or stores, the same goes for Windows 8, and now this Linux variant.
First comers will be frustrated but in time hopefully this phone will flourish as well.
I won't be a first adopter since I have a decent Smart phone, or as I call it Dumb Phone, but if I was in the market I'd think about giving it a run, dependent of price and plan.
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22. September 2014 @ 02:25 |
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Yeah, I'm in the market for a "Dumb phone" lol ...One with a slideout keyboard.
Originally posted by maitland:
those beveled edges worry me. Aren't they worried about getting sued by apple?
You can patent bevels? Haha.
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22. September 2014 @ 06:22 |
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These days I'm pretty sure you can, I'm waiting for some Brainiac to patient air then we will be in big trouble, but he/she -or- they, will be rich. LOL
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sternrulez
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22. September 2014 @ 07:22 |
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Originally posted by Jemborg:
Yeah, I'm in the market for a "Dumb phone" lol ...One with a slideout keyboard.
Originally posted by maitland:
those beveled edges worry me. Aren't they worried about getting sued by apple?
You can patent bevels? Haha.
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Why not, sir? Apple thinks they have...lol
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