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[Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>]

This is an awesome vision, Alan!

How do we make it happen?

(Can we count on Canonical? They have abandoned the lock screen
concept that makes prominent use of the circle. Who's going to build
these features? Will Canonical at least commit to build the platform
basics to make these apps happen? webRTC in the browser probably, but
SIP integration (wow!) I'm not even sure.)

Peter


2015-12-14 14:41 GMT+01:00 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.