Comments on: Ubuntu Smartphones to Ship in October, U.S. Launch Not Guaranteed

By: Chris Mullins

Chris Mullins — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:43:00 +0000

Um, it’s a Galaxy Nexus, who cares if it comes to the US physically? Digitally the code is practically ours already, just waiting to flash it.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:47:00 +0000

It will run on the vzw galaxy nexus, but you probably won’t be able to use 4g and make phone calls with it.

By: capecodcarl

capecodcarl — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:13:00 +0000

Yeah, we get it. If you want to do cool stuff with your phone, avoid Sprint and Verizon’s locked down CDMA networks.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:56:00 +0000

They lost me at “We’re collaborating with OEMs and carriers…”. I want less carrier bloat, not more.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:45:00 +0000

I am already more impressed with this than I am with WP8 and BB10. And since this is Linux, porting Android apps should make for a decent selection at launch.

By: Charlie Onassis

Charlie Onassis — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:28:00 +0000

all i need are those ROM images – keep the hardware – Ubuntu needs to strike now

By: Kleverson Royther

Kleverson Royther — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:22:00 +0000

This is just for demonstration and development purposes. Besides, I don’t think they can sell other manufacturers’ devices this way too…

By: Robert Goddard

Robert Goddard — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:07:00 +0000

Hate to be negative Nancy, but even if they release images to run on a Galaxy Nexus, it won’t be the VZW version….

By: John Burke

John Burke — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:21:00 +0000

Given how open it is, it’s hard to imagine any of the major US carriers selling it … maybe a small carrier, we’ll see.

I’m still waiting to dust off my GNex to install it!

By: luke woodruff

luke woodruff — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:15:00 +0000

I need this on my nexus 4

By: Kyle Wilkins

Kyle Wilkins — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:13:00 +0000

No comment on this until I try out the OS on my Galaxy Nexus first. Granted it won’t be quite a ‘retail’ polished version (more than likely) it will give me a good feel for which direction this OS is moving towards. Plus let’s not get carried away. We need to see some specs of this phone first.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:49:00 +0000

You can also add Firefox to the list of smartphone operating systems: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefoxos/

By: flosserelli

flosserelli — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:45:00 +0000

Any idea who the handset partner will be?

By: brkshr

brkshr — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:44:00 +0000

I’d like to try this on my N4

By: John

John — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:43:00 +0000

The real question is whether an Ubuntu-running Nexus can beat the BYOD (bring your own device) trend