<div dir="ltr">Mark Shuttleworth is doing a Reddit AMA right now if you have any questions... <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1j166z/hi_im_mark_shuttleworth_founder_of_ubuntu/">http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1j166z/hi_im_mark_shuttleworth_founder_of_ubuntu/</a><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Darcy Casselman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dscassel@gmail.com" target="_blank">dscassel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>It's at $5.2M right now. I'm thinking they now have a pretty decent chance of making it. Which means I'll actually have to pay the money, but what the heck, this thing looks pretty awesome. And if Verizon buys Wind, I might be in the market for a new cell provider next year anyway.<br>
<br></div>The tiered pricing is pretty clever, really. Because there's going to be that "if I don't buy now I'll miss out on this price" throughout the campaign. <br></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:49 PM, John Kerr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johneddie.kerr@gmail.com" target="_blank">johneddie.kerr@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I would love to pledge, but I am not in a $ position to do that. We are saving for a trip to Auz. But I thank those who are pledging.<br><br></div>Cheers<br><br></div>John<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Raul Suarez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rarsa@yahoo.com" target="_blank">rarsa@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif"><span>I'm most skeptical of the 50 enterprise pledges at 80,000 ($4 million). Right now 0 out of 50.</span></div>
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<div style="font-size:16px;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif"><span>I am happy to se 4 out of 50 one of a kind.<var></var></span></div><div>
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, July 22, 2013 1:09:42 PM<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kwlug-disc] Psst... Want to buy a phone (from Ubuntu)?<br></font></div><div>
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<div dir="ltr">Well, I backed it. 'Cuz why not? I'm pretty skeptical they'll make the $32M, but I think I'll be happy if they do, and if they do, I'll have a new toy to play with. <br><br>Plus, I really, really want the whole dock-the-phone-to-become-a-desktop thing. <br>
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<div>On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Digimer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@alteeve.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lists@alteeve.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On 22/07/13 12:39, L.D. Paniak wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex">Of possible interest to the list:<br><br>Looks like Ubuntu is crowdsourcing their phone project:<br><br><a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.indiegogo.com/<u></u>projects/ubuntu-edge</a><br>
<br>The specs are definitely top-end: fast multi-core CPU, 4GB RAM, 128GB<br>flash, "only" 720p sapphire screen.<br><br>One can snag one in the next 24 hours for $600(USD?)+shipping - after<br>that, $830 per phone. Expect delivery next May. Notably, it comes with a<br>
28 day money-back guarantee.<br></blockquote><br></div></div>Setting aside the lens issue with Ubuntu, the 720p screen is a head-scratcher... With so many high DPI small screens available, it seems like an odd choice.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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