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Re: Ubuntu Edge (the Ubuntu handset)

 

Unless I'm mistaken armv8 has 32and64bit versions :)

That sucks :( looks like I cant grab one of these then. Unless someone doesn't like it and put a it on eBay lol.

Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>it will not be 64 bit. No such ARM chips are even available yet.
>Probably
>lots of xda people. They're the kind that buy this stuff. You can't.
>Your
>only chance is this indiegogo crowdfunding event. Buy within the next
>30
>days, or forever
>
>Sincerely,
>Josh
>On Jul 22, 2013 7:03 PM, "Ryan Granger" <ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>> All I care about with this phone is:
>> Will CPU be 64bit ?
>> How many people on xda will get it and do development for it?
>> And where can I get one after its been released.? I hear carriers
>won't be
>> receiving this handset.
>>
>> Peter Chinetti <peter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Any idea if it will run on Verizon bands? (I see the 'dual band
>LTE', but
>>> I don't know what that means)
>>> I could almost justify not eating to get a _super_ nifty phone.
>>> As a note, this phone costs more than my laptop :)
>>> On Jul 22, 2013 5:46 PM, "Zisu Andrei" <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It looks awesome. I really wish I could've prepared in advance for
>this
>>>> and have the 600$. It's only 20$ from me today...
>>>>
>>>> I'm pretty sure not all the details are layed down specifically
>because
>>>> they need the money first
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, July 23, 2013, Joey Carlini wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Misunderstood Andrew's email, that's his signature... *facepalm*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Josh Leverette
><coder543@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't understand your question. All Android and Ubuntu
>smartphones do
>>>>> multitasking.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Joey Carlini
><moocow1452@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> If it's a multicore, then multitasking is built in, right?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Josh Leverette
><coder543@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't really see any other options that they could pick besides
>the
>>>>> Snapdragon 800, but they seem to have left their options open in
>case
>>>>> something else crops up. I'd like to know what kind of processor
>it is too,
>>>>> but they're being rather coy about that, so I imagine they won't
>say just
>>>>> yet.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Andrew Sutherland <
>>>>> dr3wsuth3rland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Fastest multi-core CPU, 4GB RAM, 128GB storage
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope this means Snapdragon. I pledged my 600, but this is my
>main
>>>>> concern.
>>>>>
>>>>> ==  Multitasking is inherently impossible.  ==
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Alex Chiang
><achiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Josh Leverette
><coder543@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It's going to use ARM. That's not in question, I'm pretty sure.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Yes, it will be an ARM SoC.
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>     Josh
>>>>>
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>>>>
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