[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

[Colin Law]

On 1 December 2015 at 16:17, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com> wrote:
> On 01/12/15 14:19, Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>> On 1 December 2015 at 15:15, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> No, other platforms (Jolla, Tizen) have it.
>
>
>> And Blackberry 10, which isn't even a version of Linux. (I have a
>> Passport, a new smartphone with an actual physical *keyboard*. There's
>> innovation for you!)
>
>
> Oh, I know it's quite feasible.  And quite a lot of the system is open
> source.  Since it runs on a very limited Linux kernel, I can see it wouldn't
> be much of a problem.  If any of the phone team are listening, please put it
> on the wish-list.

Without the Google Apps (Gmail, Hangouts, Maps, navigation, G+) a lot
of Android users will be very resistant to moving to Ubuntu,
unfortunately.

Colin