Canonical, the company behind the highly popular Linux Distro has revealed its plans for a cutting edge high end smartphone running the Ubuntu OS for smartphones. The OS, formally launched at the Mobile World Congress(which we went hands on with) was in the alpha stage and a demo had been made available for some Android devices too, but it was never ready to be a daily driver. While that is supposed to change soon, Canonical wants to make a really high end device that would hopefully end the hunt for convergence, a single device that does it all. And that, my friends, is the Ubuntu Edge. Here's a video of the Canonical boss explaining the whole idea behind the Ubuntu Edge - httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQLe3iIMN7k As you noted above, the Edge is actually a really ambitious project with high end specifications. It is even more ambitious when you consider that it is depending on a massive 32 million dollar crowd funded goal to actually produce the device and launch it in 2014, a good year after the reveal. The idea is clear, but are there enough tech enthusiasts that can fund the Ubuntu Edge? Well, it might probably convince you if you look at ...Read More: http://www.fonearena.com/blog/76200/ubuntu-edge-revealed-with-an-ambitious-crowd-funded-2014-launch.html
