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Ubuntu Edge Smartphone Sets Crowdfunding Record, But Still $20m Short Of Target


As the news just came in a record sum has been raised through crowdfunding to develop and manufacture the latest Linux Ubuntu Edge. As per news Backers had contributed more than $10.3m through the Ubuntu Edge project page on crwodfunding website. The amount pledged overcomes the $10.26m raised to support the Pebble Smartwatch.

Rather than setting a new record for crowdfunding it looks ,like that the Ubuntu Edge will not hit its £32 million target in the remaining six days. And in case of project failure all the money that was raised by the crowdfunding shall be given back .

If Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, fails to hit its target for the Edge then there won't be an Ubuntu Edge phone, according to Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth.Initially backers needed to pledge up to $830 to get a phone but Canonical later lowered the price to $695 and said it would refund anyone who paid over that amount for a handset.

The main advantage of having a single desktop on all devices would be that the phone could customize the look and feel of its user interface, to look like a phone UI when used on the move and like a computer desktop when docked with a monitor.

The largest amount of pledges to the project has come from the US followed by UK and Germany.

SPECIFICATIONS

*    Dual-boot Ubuntu Edge into either Ubuntu or Android
*   A fully integrated Ubuntu desktop PC when docked
*    Fast and powerful device with multi-core CPU and at least 4GB RAM
*    128GB of Solid State Device (SSD) storage for photos, music, content
*    A 4.5-inch 1,280 x 720 HD display with a pure sapphire crystal screen, the hardest natural substance after the diamond
*    Cameras made for low-light, fast response and close up pictures: 8mp rear camera, 2mp front
*    Faster connections all over the world with dual-LTE, dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4, Near Field Communication (NFC)
*    Connect to HDMI TVs and monitors easily with MHL connector, 3.5mm jack
*    GPS, accelerometer, gyro, proximity sensor, compass, barometer
*    Stereo speakers with HD audio, dual-mic recording, Active Noise Cancellation
*    Silicon-anode Li-Ion battery
*    64 x 9 x 124mm size
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