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[Ivo Weevers <ivo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

A couple of months back, I've talked to the CEO and some other members of the FairPhone team.
As the article already points out they're very interested in working with Ubuntu. 

We agreed that looking at next steps would make sense when our phone build is in a more mature state.

Ivo




On 30 May 2013, at 15:44, Jochen Breuer wrote:

> A fair phone with Ubuntu Touch would be great. Seems like they have 69% pre orders reached. But there are still 14 days left. I really hope they will reach their goal of 5000 pre orders.
> 
> Am 18.01.2013 23:17 schrieb "Bruno Girin" <brunogirin@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On 18/01/13 15:16, Thibaut Brandscheid wrote:
> > For me Ubuntu has always been more then a brand, it's a philosophy of
> > respect. We all know that currently there is nearly no IT product out
> > there produced under fair conditions. This will not change over night
> > but there is now a possibility arising in ~2013 to get a fair trade
> > phone and the producers of that phone are toying with the idea to
> > support Ubuntu Mobile:
> > "Another option we are currently looking into is to launch the phone
> > with Android, but fully prepare the FairPhone for Ubuntu."
> 
> Reading the post in full, it sounds to me like they're talking about
> Ubuntu on Android, not Ubuntu Phone. But then the link to the BBC
> article is about Ubuntu Phone, which is made even more confusing by the
> headline.
> 
> Generally speaking and from what I've seen in other places, the way
> Ubuntu for Android and Ubuntu Phone have been described in videos means
> that quite a lot of people are unaware that there is a difference.
> 
> Anyway, FairPhone definitely sounds like a hardware vendor that it would
> be worth talking to. They have staff in Amsterdam and London so it
> shouldn't be too difficult.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bruno
> 
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