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The Ubuntu phone project has found its price point: $695. No more
limited-quantity pricing bins for the remainder of the campaign.
And they convinced Bloomberg LP to take a serious look at their
single-device computing model with an "Enterprise Bundle". <br>
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14 days to go and only 1/4 of the way to their target of $32M, at
least momentum appears to be picking up for this initiative. <br>
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More at:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge">http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/25/2013 09:59 AM, Darcy Casselman
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<div dir="ltr">Mark Shuttleworth is doing a Reddit AMA right now
if you have any questions... <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Darcy
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<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>
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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>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:49
PM, John Kerr <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<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>
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Cheers<br>
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John<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 24,
2013 at 4:27 PM, Raul Suarez <span
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<div><span>I am also skeptical but
I'd be more skeptical if people
like us didn't pledge :)</span></div>
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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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New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif"><span>I am happy to se 4 out of
50 one of a kind.<var></var></span></div>
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Re: [kwlug-disc] Psst...
Want to buy a phone (from
Ubuntu)?<br>
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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
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<div>On 22/07/13
12:39, L.D.
Paniak wrote:<br>
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possible
interest to
the list:<br>
<br>
Looks like
Ubuntu is
crowdsourcing
their phone
project:<br>
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<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank">http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge</a><br>
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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>
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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
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-- <br>
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Papers and
Projects: <a
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target="_blank">https://alteeve.ca/w/</a><br>
What if the
cure for
cancer is
trapped in the
mind of a
person without
access to
education?<br>
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