Canonical seeks $32M to develop first Ubuntu phone | Linux Today

Canonical seeks $32M to develop first Ubuntu phone

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Eric Brown
Jul 22, 2013

Canonical unveiled details regarding the first smartphone to run Ubuntu for phones on Indiegogo, where it hopes to generate $32 million of funding to move the device into production. The Ubuntu Edge will ship in May 2014 with dual-boot Android support, a full Ubuntu desktop in docking mode, a 4.5-inch 1280 x 720 display, 128GB of storage, and the ???fastest available multicore processor.???

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