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[Alan Bell <alanbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I think it is more important to have a unique selling point, trying to 
match other platforms app by app and feature by feature ends up building 
something that is designed for chasing the market segment "people who 
would rather have an iPhone". This doesn't seem to me like a great market.
Going for unique features unmatched in other platforms would be my 
suggestion.

Make a big thing of the circle on the lock screen, put a clock and more 
cool stuff in it, insist manufacturers make the case cutout like the Bq 
one, and find a round smart watch that can mirror the circle and have 
some synergy with the phone.

Make the dialler have native SIP/IAX2 and have it integrate with Asterisk.

Sell Asterisk Ubuntu servers, SIP trunks and a bulk pack of handsets as 
a bundle.

Fix webRTC in the browser and have video calling integrated with the 
dialler.

Finally, concentrate on making it the best phone to have if you use a 
ton of other open source stuff.

Alan.

On 11/12/15 14:34, Boris Rybalkin wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have just tested Ubuntu phone on my nexus 5 and I was impressed with 
> the progress. But I feel like I have no hands comparing to Android as 
> I miss many essential apps.
>
> So after switching back to Android simple idea came to my mind:
>
> I would pay for several apps to be ported to Ubuntu phone.
>
> So why would not it be possible to organise kick starter like 
> campaigns to port essential apps right by their original creators, but 
> this time people pay for them?
>
> I think Canonical could drive it as it has to be agreed with app 
> authors beforehand that it is possible and help them with docs.
>
> Best option is of cause to have open source port, but even proprietary 
> is fine comparing to no app.
>
> I would pay 10 pounds per app:
> Viber, uber, mail app, mail, firefox :)
>
> I understand it looks like inverted reality, but how would you bring 
> people in otherwise.
>
> Thanks