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RIP Ubuntu Edge, but Ubuntu is still coming to smartphones in 2014
2013-08-22 17:00:59| Extremetech
The Ubuntu Edge, a smartphone that doubles up as as a desktop PC when docked, has unsurprisingly failed to meet its funding goal of $32 million. Canonical is fairly stoic about its failure, issuing a statement that $12.8 million is still the "biggest ever fixed crowdfunding campaign." Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth, speaking to the Guardian newspaper, says that carriers and OEMs are still "definitely interested" in making mid-range Ubuntu-powered smartphones. For now, though, the dream of an ultra-high-spec superphone like the Edge, which doubles up as a desktop PC, is dead.
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