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    • scottalanmiller
      scottalanmiller last edited by

      Firefox OS Releases

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      • thanksajdotcom
        thanksajdotcom last edited by

        Ubuntu, I believe already, has released, or will soon, a phone OS. It looked nice. It's their reason for Unity.

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        • scottalanmiller
          scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom last edited by

          @ajstringham I doubt it is their reason for Unity. Unity was so long ago and the Ubuntu phone isn't out yet. If it was the purpose behind Unity I would have expected their phone OS five years ago or more.

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          • thanksajdotcom
            thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller last edited by

            @scottalanmiller said:

            @ajstringham I doubt it is their reason for Unity. Unity was so long ago and the Ubuntu phone isn't out yet. If it was the purpose behind Unity I would have expected their phone OS five years ago or more.

            Unity is probably no more than 3-4 years old. They originally made it to move to a unified platform but it's been a slow process as they don't have the resources MS does, etc.

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            • thanksajdotcom
              thanksajdotcom last edited by

              @scottalanmiller I heard about a unified Ubuntu platform originally back in 2007 or 2008. That's when they first started circulating the notion that they wanted to do that. Shortly after, Unity was released and was said to be the platform of Ubuntu's future. It had about the same reaction from most as Windows 8 did.

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              • scottalanmiller
                scottalanmiller last edited by

                You are correct. unity is just over four now. It's younger than I was thinking.

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                • thanksajdotcom
                  thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller last edited by

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  You are correct. unity is just over four now. It's younger than I was thinking.

                  Yup. I remember because after it came out, it was the final nail in the coffin for me to move to exclusively running Windows. That happened about the time I graduated high school in 2010. Around then, so yup. 🙂

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                  • scottalanmiller
                    scottalanmiller last edited by

                    FireFox OS release today in the US I think.

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                    • ?
                      A Former User last edited by A Former User

                      Well, the Ubuntu Edge failed before it even started. They never got enough money to make there phone. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/08/ubuntu-edge-is-dead-long-live-ubuntu-phones/

                      At least it wasn't as bad as of a fail as the HP smartpad: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238482/death_of_hp_touchpad_changes_the_tablet_landscape.html

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                      • StrongBad
                        StrongBad last edited by

                        Getting into phones sounds cool but that market is effectively buttoned up at this point. Even MS can't make inroads.

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                        • thanksajdotcom
                          thanksajdotcom @StrongBad last edited by

                          @StrongBad said:

                          Getting into phones sounds cool but that market is effectively buttoned up at this point. Even MS can't make inroads.

                          Yup. Android is king. Surprise surprise...:D

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                            A Former User @thanksajdotcom last edited by

                            @ajstringham No, Blackberry still has a market share.......... of less than 1% lol.

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                              thanksajdotcom @Guest last edited by

                              @thecreativeone91 said:

                              @ajstringham No, Blackberry still has a market share.......... of less than 1% lol.

                              What's funny is WP8 is really very little better off than Blackberry. How sad is that?! LOL

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                              • Reid Cooper
                                Reid Cooper @thanksajdotcom last edited by

                                @ajstringham They are both nearly dead.

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                                • thanksajdotcom
                                  thanksajdotcom @Reid Cooper last edited by

                                  @Reid-Cooper said:

                                  @ajstringham They are both nearly dead.

                                  Yup. Very true.

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                                  • scottalanmiller
                                    scottalanmiller last edited by

                                    I still have a BB. <insert sad face>

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                                      technobabble @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      I still have a BB. <insert sad face>

                                      LOL...ah my first phone that pocket dialed people!

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