Canonical is the company behind the Ubuntu Edge smartphone, and they trying to collect the mony through crowdfunding project. Unfortunately, they’ve failed to obtain the funds.

In the LeWeb conference that held recently, Shuttleworth said that high end Ubuntu Touch OS smartphone will come in 2014. Shuttleworth  says that they have acquired a partner to build Ubuntu Touch smartphone. In fact, not only one partner, but the have four partner as well.

Unfortunately Shuttleworth not to mention the name of their partner to the public. He just said that these brands have a product that has spread all over the world, either in business or consumer market segments in general. We assume that one or two partner is come from Chinese manufacturer

The emergence of smartphones Ubuntu Touch was going to give the high competition in the mobile segment. Moreover, the emergence of competitors Android mobile platforms, such as Tizen OS, Sailfish OS or Firefox OS.

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 Packing with ubuntu OS officially launched in Jan. , ubunton Edge is coming from the shadow now.  However what stuns us isn’t its ubuntu OS, distinct and cool exterior design but hardware specs.

Can you image a smartphone sporting 4GB RAM and 128GB ROM far surpassing other smarphones for now? Yes, ubuntu Edge is such a handset. Is there some secrifices for this ? Let us check out other configurations . Though with great memory, Edge still comes with  a 4.5-inch 720p display, 2 MP front and 5 MP rear camera and multi-core processor. In addition, what surprise us is that Edge runs dual OS including Ubuntu and Android, support LTE 4G network. Such sensors as gyroscope,electronic and barometer are also available.

Sure, the pricing of Edge can’t be inexpensive with price tag of $600-$830. But obviously, fans for it are still in large.

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After we’ve covered the news about Ubuntu Mobile OS and Ubuntu Smartphone recently, is now Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Mobile OS is preapring their own hardware through UBuntu Edge smartphone.

But noe the Ubuntu Edge is need fresh money and they trying to collect the money through funding project using Idiegogo, they need more than $32 millian USD to producing 40,000 units of Ubuntu Edge. But some analys says that Ubuntu Mobile OS have to compete in mobile industry and trying to “figt” with other platform.

Ubuntu Edge crafted from cool, textured amorphous metal, the Edge has a distinctive, precise look but its rakishly chamfered edges are shaped to fit naturally in the palm — our design prototype already has a wonderfully solid feel. It’s the right size, too. Edge gestures are the next big thing in mobile, and our testing has found that a 4.5 inch screen is ideal for comfortable control of all four edges with one hand.

Interestingly, this phone can running on dual OS, one running on Ubuntu Mobile OS and the user can installed the Android OS, and when the device is hooked to LCD screen, the smartphone will becoming a mini CPU and running Ubuntu desktop operating system and regular Ubuntu applications.

Here are the specs of Ubuntu Edge smartphone:

• Dual boot Ubuntu mobile OS and Android
• Fully integrated Ubuntu desktop PC when docked
• Fastest multi-core CPU, 4GB RAM, 128GB storage
• 4.5in 1,280 x 720 HD sapphire crystal display
• 8mp low-light rear camera, 2mp front camera
• Dual-LTE, dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4, NFC
• GPS, accelerometer, gyro, proximity sensor, compass, barometer
• Stereo speakers with HD audio, dual-mic recording, Active Noise Cancellation
• MHL connector, 3.5mm jack
• Silicon-anode Li-Ion battery
• 64 x 9 x 124mm

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