The first Ubuntu smartphone will be introduced in early 2014. However, it will not have all the functionality of a modern mobile platform has. For one thing, it won’t have an app store, a feature that consumers will have to wait for.
Canonical’s product manager Richard Collins said that the company is initially targeting basic users who only run pre-installed apps.
"In terms of our first go-to-market product strategy, the intention is not to have an application store full of ready-made applications that are there to download. We have a very definite approach in terms of addressing a very important part of the market where users are primarily interested in being able to use a core set of applications."
There are no doubts that an app store will eventually be available on Ubuntu Mobile, but launching a smartphone without an app store in this era is absurd; even for a "basic run" like Mr. Collins described. I’m not sure what’s the point of releasing such a product, except to get an early feedback. I'm curious to see what else Ubuntu will do to provide a viable alternative.
-Daniel, Jedi Editor
*231
Tweet
0 comments:
Post a Comment