First Ubuntu Linux OS-based smartphones are reportedly set for a rollout this year.
Chinese
phone makers, BQ and Meizu, would manufacture smartphones based on a
mobile version of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux operating system.
According
to TechHive, Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth hinted that the BQ phone
would have dual-SIM slots and the Meizu phone would match Ubuntu with
Android on a dual-boot system.
Canonical had
first announced plans for an Ubuntu mobile OS at the beginning of 2013
and despite a crowd-funding project for high-end concept phone, Ubuntu
Edge garnered more than 1 million dollars, enthusiasm quickly tailed off
and the campaign raised just under 13 million dollars.
Shuttleworth
said that Ubuntu was looking to become the No. 3 platform in the
industry, ahead of Microsoft's Windows Phone and BlackBerry OS.
He
believes a key to gaining market share would be convergence; the fusing
of desktop and mobile platforms, so computing done on one is
immediately available through apps on the other.
The company would also focus on growing the number of apps available for the Ubuntu phone platform, the report added.
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