Hi
All the narrative surrounding convergence has been about one code for
all devices: so developments in one area supposedly improves the
experience in all areas. I realize that convergence hasn't quite
happened yet, and that so far, seemingly Touch has been doing its own
thing, but surely, tantalizingly, we're on the cusp of it with core
and snaps: i.e. there's going to be a new protocol for the phone
(desktop etc) soon. But more than that: so long as Canonical continue
with convergence, the phone (and everything else) will always be part
of it.
i.m.o. Bryan Lunduke is an agent provocoteur: all he wanted last
Christmas was a truly Linux tablet, which he thought he'd never see.
Well, that arrived literally a few weeks after his post in the form of
the M10. :/
f.w.i.w My predictions for Ubuntu phone in 2016: Core and Snaps. New
devices from OEMs. Perhaps a more easily portable system. And maybe
other flavours of UT.
m
On 15/12/16 12:38, advocatux wrote:
Dear Ubuntu Developers & Supporters, first of all thank you for your
work. Also Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year.
I do think this is the perfect time to talk about Ubuntu Phone (UP)
and its next future.
Mark Suttleworth said in May UP is not in the main focus, and that
his daily phone is not UP [0], but I don't interpreted it as far as
Bryan Lunduke (Social Media Marketing Manager of SUSE) does, when
talking about his 2016 predictions [1]:
"(Prediction for 2016) Canonical will pull away from phones.
Canonical/Ubuntu pulling away from the phone market? This is a hard
one to measure.
Wait. No, it’s not.
The last press release from Canonical that was phone-related was back
in April. And the main press page for Canonical doesn’t list a single
thing about phones. The last several announcements from Canonical
have been very enterprise-centric. Even in the lead up to the holiday
shopping season, not a peep about phones.
Nailed it. Canonical pulled away from phones during 2016 in order to
focus on enterprise functionality."
Personally, I simply do think is just a question of time, and I have
great faith in the UP project.
So Dear Devs, what's the plan for 2017? How can we help to speed up
Ubuntu Phone development? What can we do to get UP to play in the
"First Division"?
Regards.
--
advocatux
[0]
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/05/mark-shuttle-worth-talks-ubuntu-phone-snappy
[1]
http://www.networkworld.com/article/3145664/linux/2016-linux-predictions-which-ones-came-true.html
