Ubuntu Smartphones From Samsung: Targeting BlackBerry 10 In October?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 6, 2013

Canonical’s promise to create an Ubuntu smartphone market will become a reality in October 2013. That’s when the first Ubuntu smartphones will arrive, Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth said this week. Now here’s the big twist: For developers, the smartphone operating system is optimized for Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus – perhaps suggesting that Samsung plans to back the mobile open source operating system. Still, I remain skeptical. Here’s why.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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