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Re: Fair trade phone & Ubuntu Mobile

 

>From what I read in the phone specs, this phone would not work on Verizon much less Verizon's LTE, correct? Have they mentioned making a later model for Verizon or CDMA carriers?

Thank you guys and God Bless you and your work.

   Clem

Ivo Weevers <ivo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>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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