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[Ubuntu Touch General] jadephyre:
It will be interesting to see how it will fare... I don't see that catching on, honestly.

Not because it's bad, just because the market at the moment is saturated by the big three, that's just a fact.

The one thing I do hate though is the theme of it, for me it's an eyesore (as the desktop version of Ubuntu has been for the last three releases).
[Ubuntu Touch General] deanesn:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Big 3? You mean iOS and android. If you think Windows has market you are delusional like Microsoft and Nokia.
[Ubuntu Touch General] crixley:
I'm assuming he means blackberry, which is also doing quite poorly
[Ubuntu Touch General] negrobembon:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

it cooler than facebook
[Ubuntu Touch General] lesp4ul:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Yes and you will surprised of its total user passed twitter. And i open g+ way more often than facebook.
[Ubuntu Touch General] psycho2097:
it has a seriously good UI, navigation and features....way way way better than FB n twitter apps. Its, in every possible way, what a social netwoorking app should feel like. Sad no1 uses it, limiting its use to just a secondary news reader... Kinda disproves Sheldon's statement "If you build it, they will come".
[Ubuntu Touch General] slayr76:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Unless you can still backup an restore back an forth between android os an Ubuntu os like flashing an restoring a custom rom using twrp or cwm recovery from your gnex directly without losing anything I won't be trying Ubuntu, I doubt custom recoveries like twrp or cwm will work with ubuntu an you will most likely have to flash back a Google stock image from scratch to get android back on your gnex then have to re root your gnex.
[Ubuntu Touch General] jadephyre:
AW: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

I'm seeing more and more WP8 devices on the streets, not as much as Android or iOS but still.

But thanks for pointing out my delusions, maybe I should check myself into a nuthouse...

sent from my Nexus 7
[Ubuntu Touch General] slayr76:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Wm8 Nokia 820 an 920 are more popular here than android phones, second to iPhone, unfortunately iPhones are everywhere here an seems like every person has one.
[Ubuntu Touch General] mirror77:
Where do you live, at bill gates house :D
[Ubuntu Touch General] withbloodskies:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

That's the brainwashing that apple has done to a great percentage of the populace.

All I can do is shake my head, in reality I'd like to take their phone and chuck it through the apple Corp. Windows.
[Ubuntu Touch General] slayr76:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

No Lol, that's just how it is here, no one here would even know what a nexus means or is in Australia except for the tech heads or people who read xda ect an who have always followed android an the people that do have android phones here usually complain about them because they have a HTC sensation or some cheaper variant of android that still has gingerbread or lower an has poor hardware an makes their smartphone experience miserable so they end up jumping back on the apple bandwagon because they had no idea what android phone they should have went with to start with or the sales staff are just more uneducated or don't give a stuff an just rather sell crap to make a sale.

If your not android savy to begin with you can end up with a very bad android experience as theirs hundreds of poor handsets out of a decent few an that first choice can either put you off android for life or keep you coming back, so I usually tell everyone I know unless its a nexus don't bother or come ask me what I think of it before going ahead an getting it.
[Ubuntu Touch General] mirror77:
ok, understand.
[Ubuntu Touch General] crixley:
No way it has more users than twitter...

I'd like to see some proof of that
[Ubuntu Touch General] adamcooks:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Why not just make a .tar backup of you phone and just flash in Odin when you want to go back?
[Ubuntu Touch General] insane08:
If you think about it, every Gmail user is pretty much signed up for a google + account as well i think..goes hand in hand.

343 million active users of Google+, and a little under 300 million active users for Twitter and YouTube

+ here is the source -- > CLICK
[Ubuntu Touch General] TingTingin:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Uh I'm not Australian but I know how read

m.cnet.com.au/android-clear-mobile-os-leader-in-australia-339340792.htm?redir=1

those are the figures as at July 2012 I can only imagine that android grew as that was the trend
[Ubuntu Touch General] slayr76:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

That graph only proves how many different types of android devices their are to one iPhone :D, that's like comparing the number of pure breed dogs to all the cross breeds out there an then tallying up the score an trying to say your a winner lol.
[Ubuntu Touch General] negrobembon:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

i thought the big three were Android, iOS and Blackberry OS
[Ubuntu Touch General] deanesn:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

I'm sorry I was out of line. But I still think MS and Nokia are delusional :)
[Ubuntu Touch General] jimmyhook:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Google plus is only that popular because GMail users pretty much are forced to stay active
[Ubuntu Touch General] lesp4ul:
agree but not entirely, if you don't enabling sync, it will considered non-active. also only 1-2 from 5 will join G+ at the first phone setup. i switched to G+ because it isn't fragmented like FB :)
[Ubuntu Touch General] withbloodskies:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

To continue on G+, I don't use it myself but whenever I've taken photos I've noticed it automatically uploads them to your photos on G+.

Honestly I don't see a point in G+ execpt Google hangout. Twitter to me is also useless, Facebook is becoming a site for people to secretly cheat, spy, talk trash and be "friends" with people you really aren't friends with. These social networks honestly will be the death of having a real social life. Its sad but true.
[Ubuntu Touch General] evil_penguin:
+1

Totally agree with you.:good::good:
[Ubuntu Touch General] insane08:
Well its pretty much official:

The main Ubuntu mobile page shows the image below.

We are a month away! So close yet so farrrr

Ubuntu on phones at MWC,

25-28 February 2013.

View attachment 1686577
[Ubuntu Touch General] jadephyre:
AW: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Ah, forget about it, I pretty much overreacted there myself.

Here, have a :beer: :D

sent from my Nexus 7
[Ubuntu Touch General] lesp4ul:
you can always turn off instant upload from G+ settings or you google account sync settings. Yeah it's people choice, for me G+ now become my main Social Network app, less spams, less drama, less hippies and less sheeps. Also many websites/blogs/companies feeds also join G+ so i can follow them all the way i want and more comfortable. FB and Twitter in my country are like you said, trashes everywhere :)
[Ubuntu Touch General] insane08:
Canonical must have a ridiculous secrecy statement that it hasn't been leaked yet.
[Ubuntu Touch General] fde2blk22:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

I'm sure they have some type of watermark in builds so they'd know who leaked it. Not worth possibly losing your job over, though I wouldn't complain :)
[Ubuntu Touch General] seymour_butts:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

As far as I know you don't have to have a g+ account for Gmail, so that info isn't correct.
[Ubuntu Touch General] qazibasit:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Exactly thats what i tried to say in the note forum. Google is forcing android users to use its services.

My thread was closed later. It seems that if we want to stay here we have to blow google and android trumpet.

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I think u dont know the fact that when ur checking ur gmails ur shown online on g+ and gtalk. So correct urself first.
[Ubuntu Touch General] CADude:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

So much this. These social networks are garbage. The second there's a serious and stable open source mobile OS that doesn't push their social networking trash on you, I'm moving to it for the good of the consumer. It will only be matter of time before Google makes everybody post their identity to a social network in order to use their accounts.
[Ubuntu Touch General] qazibasit:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Exactly these tech giants are passively taking our data and then will be selling us our own data. Clear example is youtube, people made it and they are the ones who commercialize it.
[Ubuntu Touch General] magozz:
Considering billions of people use social networking sites no OS will come out that doesn't try to incorporate some networking site because that's where the business is..I barely use Facebook/G+ and don't use Twitter at all but its no big deal cause its as simple as a uninstall if you don't want to be connected to them.
[Ubuntu Touch General] smileyanz:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

That's a good point, but the millions who do use them have no idea or don't care there identity is up for sale, and that's coz the majority are kids and people with an IQ of 0000!! And its these people who will keep these dirty b.......ds pockets full up without having the need of doing some hard graft!! And that's why we are at this point simply because people with knowledge are openly saying, oh well I can't see any issue coz " myself" I hardly use them so I don't care. I got an email from Facebook saying I haven't used it for some time" thing is I never have used it!! They do anything to get your id . must say I'm not having a go, I'm just stating a fact and everyone to there own. But it wouldn't hurt if we all shout together and be heard.
[Ubuntu Touch General] YoursTrulySarcastic:
How about we talk about Canonical releasing Ubuntu Mobile and speculations of it, not argue about who has the better social network? I'm surprised someone hasn't contacted an admin because this thread is getting totally unrelated. Stick to the subject please.
[Ubuntu Touch General] Pirateghost:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

You should correct yourself first. Out of the 2 accounts I have enabled on my phone only one of them has a g+ account. Every time I flash a ROM and add my accounts I get prompted to join g+ on the account that doesn't have one. It's opt-in. So your conclusion is incorrect. Not every gmail account has a g+ account

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Ubuntu Touch General] speedyink:
Cursed thread title, I keep thinking it's a new thread where it's actually been released and I get all excited.

Then I realize it's this thread...
[Ubuntu Touch General] tiny4579:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Title should really be canonical announces Ubuntu mobile.
[Ubuntu Touch General] sam razzy:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Its already released but not delivered to all your mobile :P

Sent From GOoGle NeXus Powered by Paranoid®
[Ubuntu Touch General] CADude:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

I really can't believe the thread title has yet to be changed either. Looks like we have nearly a month more of this thread to deal with, probably with the same title.
[Ubuntu Touch General] salahmed:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Yes it should have another name... And calm down it will be released on MWC mobile world congress 25 Feb.
[Ubuntu Touch General] insane08:
you don't understand, there is no calming down lol

Just a countdown in every bodies head till the MWC
[Ubuntu Touch General] jimmyco2008:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

T-20 days.
[Ubuntu Touch General] YoursTrulySarcastic:
Are you saying the alpha build for GSM Galaxy Nexus is being released to devs in 20 days? Where did you hear this?
[Ubuntu Touch General] negrobembon:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

i read around here that it would release around 25
[Ubuntu Touch General] Pirateghost:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Canonical themselves said end of February. A quick Google search and watching one of the hundreds of videos would answer that as well.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Ubuntu Touch General] speedyink:
I look forward to this being buried deeper than Apple's pockets. 57 pages of..mostly arguing.
[Ubuntu Touch General] salahmed:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Insane08 post this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37332910
[Ubuntu Touch General] insane08:
Yea just a follow up on all the new people that are going to be viewing this thread:

Hopefully the public img will be released for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on or (fingers crossed; but highly doubted) before the 25th at the Mobile Conference.

Another Update. Well on the handset device side:

"Reporting on a meeting Shuttleworth attended in New York earlier this week, Michael Hickins of the Wall Street Journal writes that the Ubuntu founder announced plans for the

Phone to ship in ‘two large geographic markets’ come October of this year

."

Source: here
[Ubuntu Touch General] CADude:
That could be anywhere, like Brazil or Mexico.
[Ubuntu Touch General] jscurtu:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

That's right... My guess is India and China .. From a marketing view that is where they will gain success very quickly as Ubuntu is in those regions very popular ..

No way US carriers will run Ubuntu yet, Europe is a possible region but if it would be it Europe then they would have advertised it.. Don't understand the secret, why not speak it out what region will get it in October ?
[Ubuntu Touch General] gnustomp:
Maybe India, but not China. Android is pwning there. I would guess African/South American countries.
[Ubuntu Touch General] YoursTrulySarcastic:
If we were "paranoids" we would be running ParanoidAndroid, not waiting for Ubuntu. Jeez man.
[Ubuntu Touch General] Paddington:
So, any news on whether this is Maguro only or also Toro and Toro+?

Is it too early to know if this can be ported to Toro with working LTE if it is Maguro-exclusive?

I've been searching this every day for the past two weeks, still haven't found any answers.
[Ubuntu Touch General] Esteway.619:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

In sure it will only be maguro. A port to toro and toroplus will be right behind that but i doubt it will have working LTE.
[Ubuntu Touch General] jsgraphicart:
Its too early to know anything. They didnt give very much info on it. Just that it will be released to developers at the end of February and available to consumers later in the year. I'm sure when it is available we will all have our answers.
[Ubuntu Touch General] SahilC:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Trust me, android is pwning here in India too ;)
[Ubuntu Touch General] rsocon:
Only question I have, if I load this onto my Galaxy Nexus, how easy will it be to re-install Android if I don't like it?

If Canonical get this right then more people might give it a try, if getting Android back is to differ-cult then not sure I'll attempt it.
[Ubuntu Touch General] 063_XOBX:
Technology evolves way too fast to try to look more than a year or two ahead. Any further than that and you might as well be throwing darts in the dark.

By the time you even become aware of a technology its already been obsoleted twice over minimum.
[Ubuntu Touch General] crazyjimbo:
I want this so bad... that lock screen - oops, I mean Welcome Screen - is just absolutely gorgeous and mesmerizing!
[Ubuntu Touch General] drive2droad:
i hope they port the latest linux kernel over to the galaxy nexus like 3.5 , how much would others be jealous !!
[Ubuntu Touch General] 063_XOBX:
It uses the existing Android kernel and drivers so no.
[Ubuntu Touch General] billouetaudrey:
I imagine with fastboot...

Envoyé depuis mon Galaxy Nexus avec Tapatalk
[Ubuntu Touch General] Sytheii:
reminds me of maemo for nokias n900
[Ubuntu Touch General] Rusty!:
Dead easy, just grab the factory images from Google and run the included .bat file.
[Ubuntu Touch General] Cimi86:
Yes...

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It's as easy as flashing a new rom... you flash ubuntu from cwm and you have ubuntu, go back to the recovery and flash android or your backup
[Ubuntu Touch General] rsocon:
Result, that's just what I wanted to hear. :D
[Ubuntu Touch General] andQlimax:
That's great!

Inviato dal mio Galaxy Nexus con Tapatalk 2
[Ubuntu Touch General] vigan_ks:
is it possible easily to get back to android again ?
[Ubuntu Touch General] ectodroid:
Read two posts back......

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36216374&postcount=49
[Ubuntu Touch General] slm4996:
I'm actually trading my t-mobile galaxy S II for a galaxy nexus now. Between this and webos, I just cannot resist.
[Ubuntu Touch General] davehasninjas:
Any idea if there's a plan to support the CDMA variants of the Galaxy Nexus as well?
[Ubuntu Touch General] LudoAnders:
Been a long time I was this happy with my Nexus, can't wait to give this a shot!
[Ubuntu Touch General] insane08:
Any hint on what a "few weeks" is? ;)
[Ubuntu Touch General] yaatzek:
It's less than few months :p
[Ubuntu Touch General] insane08:
lmao...happy about that at least...

optimistic
[Ubuntu Touch General] Keynot:
Amazing!!!

I want this NOW.

Some idea how to get the image? Some developer outside who wants to share? *^_^*
[Ubuntu Touch General] electro`:
Does Apple have Windows?

Watch out, they might patent that too.
[Ubuntu Touch General] savantist:
can't wait for Ubuntu Phone OS coming to my gnex... :)

20 days... :D
[Ubuntu Touch General] notanoob:
I second that ! :good:
[Ubuntu Touch General] withbloodskies:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

I laughed :D
[Ubuntu Touch General] julian_fern:
Just wanted to give a info I got: according to Mark Shuttlework on a mail I sent him, they are using the European version of the Galaxy Nexus.

Since I don't have a Nexus yet and haven't read much about they models, I don't know what that really mean. But well, here is the part of his answer that might be usefull for you guys:
[Ubuntu Touch General] salahmed:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

It is the GSM galaxy nexus i.e. i9250
[Ubuntu Touch General] julian_fern:
Cool, so I got the right one :)

Just need to wait for it.
[Ubuntu Touch General] aliensk:
you can all register at they website to get the news as soon as its out .. the link is : https://forms.canonical.com/manhattan/ :)
[Ubuntu Touch General] ikithme:
This thread title is completely misleading, should be announces not releases, releases mostly means that it is out, vs coming out in the future.

But I also cannot wait.
[Ubuntu Touch General] Jimlarck:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

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[Ubuntu Touch General] trixpan:
Indeed!

Have been seeing a reasonable number of WP8 around here in Sydney as well. I don't think it is a killer, but old school Windows developers are realising that developing any cr*p for WP8 can render you a prime spot on its app store in 3rd wor... Ops, BRIC economies! :)
[Ubuntu Touch General] FlyingOtter:
I really like Canonical and Ubuntu linux, but I just see how they want to compete with Android and iOS. Both Google and Apple invest so much money into their OSes, Canonical success looks very unbelievable to me.
[Ubuntu Touch General] mirror77:
Depends on how they define success.
[Ubuntu Touch General] TingTingin:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Exactly

PHONE SLOW CLICK ME?

_____________________________________

"Google took 4 years to reach android 4.0.4 and apple to reach android 1.6"​
[Ubuntu Touch General] insane08:
Its not always about competition (although the competition may provide motivation to excel & sustainability). Look at Ubuntu itself, alot of people may say that it can not compete with Windows & OSx but that does not mean it is not preferred by many, such as you. They might be able to pull this off as well with the mobile OS especially with its docking capabilities. And I personally thing this change will be good seeing how markets have been dominated by the 2 leaders right now.
[Ubuntu Touch General] CADude:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Ubuntu can compete with Windows and OSX. The problem is that Microsoft is so powerful in the business world that it can tell OEMs what to do and make them afraid of doing business with a Linux organization and thus, you'll never see a Linux distro receive major support from the industry at large.
[Ubuntu Touch General] jusada:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

I think there's a huge market for this, maybe not for the public market but the business market that for many years have favoured the failing blackberry phones. I know blackberry are changing things up a little but I think its too late for iOS and android users and so different that business will be put off too. Ubuntu phone may well have picked the perfect time to realise!
[Ubuntu Touch General] 063_XOBX:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Ubuntu Mobile isn't going to be a business solution. It probably won't wind up anything but to give them the benefit of the doubt the only area they could snatch up would be emerging markets if they could get their devices cheap enough.
[Ubuntu Touch General] insane08:
Exactly I don't even think Canonical is targeting businesses with this at all. It just wont happen.
[Ubuntu Touch General] richdaley:
It seems like Canonical is thinking about the the long game. They want to sell the phone OS in emerging markets and other places where people are familiar with Ubuntu. I think their business plan is sound. They have never really been about throwing big profit hail mary passes.

I like what I have seen of the OS and I can't wait to install it. Obviously a big downside could be lack of mobile optimized apps but I think their plan is incorporate one device that has the ability to run desktop and mobile software so you can connect your phone to your monitor and keyboard and use it like a PC.
[Ubuntu Touch General] smileyanz:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

People like change and at the moment there's apple and android and nothing else. Apples been dipping of late and running out of ideas after loosing out with there opposition, and being slated by TV media!! All we are seeing from android is quad core and more speed, lol how fast do u want a page to load? Wow we have pie hehe, wow look its a phablet its got a 6inch screen!!! The way they go on about it you would think it'll beam up spock!! If Ubuntu has half the bull**** that the other two have then they'll do fine!!!
[Ubuntu Touch General] jusada:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Does no one watch the keynote and pay attention? They are looking at it as a business solution! Suggest you all watch it again.
[Ubuntu Touch General] DualSportDad:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

If they market it properly at the right time or will be great. You'd think they would have gotten the ball rolling by now. ... im starting to lose interest. ...
[Ubuntu Touch General] 063_XOBX:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Keynotes are 100% fluff to hype a product. There isn't a niche available for business especially if they're releasing in "2 markets" around Q4. Since they won't specify they're probably emerging markets like Brazil.
[Ubuntu Touch General] smileyanz:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

It'll roll out on the gnex end of feb /beginning march for testing and you can bet ya life the devs will want it on there other devices as well!! They need us for testing as well as we need the devs.!! Just be cool it'll be here!!
[Ubuntu Touch General] withbloodskies:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

Its literally like 16 days away. I'm sure people can wait, I can bet it'll take a few days for the ports to the rest of the nexus devices then so forth as we iron out the bugs.
[Ubuntu Touch General] jusada:
Re: Canonical releases Ubuntu Mobile

I think without using it to write off the information given us would be fool hardy. Without hands on we only have what we are told. Let's not go pulling stuff out are........