ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>]

Observing all of the negative things that have resulted from the
restrictions imposed on Android could provide a starting place to begin
discussions of why unlocking the devices is in the best interest of the
all-important carriers. I know it is a complex issue, and I wish it weren't.


On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Oliver Grawert <ogra@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> hi,
> On Di, 2013-06-18 at 13:18 -0500, Josh Leverette wrote:
> >
> ... lots of valid stuff about android ...
> >
>
> while i expect that pre-installed carrier sold devices *will* be locked
> down, i also expect that we will have open images on cdimage.ubuntu.com
> for most/all supported devices that are sold with ubuntu pre-installed
> so you should have the opportunity to install this onto your
> carrier-locked phone to get a full ubuntu experience ...
>
> it would be utopic to belive that you will find many carriers that allow
> a fully open phone being sold under their brand (if canonical would
> force them into that they would just go back to android) but there will
> be options to work around this :)
>
> ciao
>         oli
>
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-- 
Sincerely,
    Josh