Canonical said Wed that Spain-based bq and China-based Meizu have finalized up to provide Ubuntu Smartphones to customers in 2014. The statement comes after Canonical fought to get the OS off the floor in 2013 and turned to crowdfunding site Indiegogo in an effort to raise $32 million to produce a "superphone" known as the Ubuntu Edge.
The privately-held, U.K.based application designer is payments Ubuntu Contact as a more personalized substitute for separate phone creators than the prominent Mobile, Google Android, and other systems like Apple's iOS and Windows Phone. A designer review of the OS has been available since last Feb.
"The Mobile industry has long been looking for an affordable solution to those that rule today. Ie8 places the control back into the hands of our associates and provides an interesting system for customers, providing an encounter which leaves from the exhausted app symbol lines of Android and iOS and provides a liquid, content-rich encounter for all," Canonical and Ie8 creator Indicate Shuttleworth said in a declaration.
Shuttlesworth's referrals to customers could mark a move in way of Canonical as it plows the floor for its Ie8 smartphone OS. The independently owned, U.K.-based organization has recently targeted on throwing application and solutions to the business rather than the customer market.
Canonical did not offer a organization date for the appearance of the first Ubuntu Smartphones but said they would feature "mid- to high-end components." The first devices from bq and Meizu will gradually be marketed by the phone creators themselves, as well as through Ubuntu.com, the organization said.
The organization said Ubuntu smartphones will put "content and solutions at the center of the encounter, rather than concealing them behind stores and programs," while OEM associates would have "unprecedented personalization possibilities with a common UI tool set, which gives gadgets their own unique impact and without fragmenting the system."
Meizu makes high-end mobile phones marketed in China, Hong Kong, Israel, Russian federation, and the Ukraine, while bq delivered 1.5 million mobile phones in 2013 and is Spain's "second greatest supplier of revealed mobile phones," according to Canonical.
"Ubuntu's user-friendly and creatively amazing user interface adjusts with our own ethos of generating simple, impressive mobile encounters. This collaboration gives us an opportunity to create a truly different and powerful providing that will support our way to provide gadgets to both China as well as worldwide," Meizu professional Li Nan said in a declaration.
Canonical said suppliers and companies assisting the Ie8 smartphone system include several big titles on its 16-member Service provider Advisory Team such as United kingdom, EE, T-Mobile USA, Three Team, Deutsche Telekom, Verizon, Telstra, and People from france Telecommunications.
The application organization also said it is "also working with a depth of ISV associates, such as The Weather Route, GrooveShark, Evernote, and more, to bring the best programs and solutions to Ubuntu."
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