Nine manufacturers have signed on to give each other royalty-free licenses on all patents covering Android devices with Google services.
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Ubuntu tablets finally open for pre-orders, with shipments going out next month
Times have been tough for the forces behind some of the alternative mobile platforms out there, and projects like Firefox OS and Sailfish have failed to find big commercial success. While those two may be on particularly rough ground, not every new platform is struggling to stay afloat, and over the past few months we’ve heard a surprising amount from Canonical about the new hardware coming out running Ubuntu. That’s included ...
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Canonical shares details on Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet
A few years back, it seemed like being ahead of the curve with mobile gadgets meant carrying as many as your pockets would allow: you had your phone, maybe a tablet, and packed your bag with a laptop, camera, and no shortage of accessories. And while we still love being packed to the brim and ready for whatever the day throws at us, there’s a new focus on simplifying our mobile lives, and moving to devices that do double (if not more) duty. Microsoft’s stirred up such interest with Continuum on Windows 10 ...
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Ubuntu tablet coming to MWC, with its own take on Microsoft’s Continuum
Ubuntu-based mobile devices have been a bit of a swing and a miss: following the failed effort to crowdfund the Ubuntu Edge handset, we saw other OEMs arrive to attempt their own take on Ubuntu handsets, and despite the arrival of two such models last year, we failed to see the alternative mobile platform make a lot of headway. But will a changing market offer Ubuntu new hope?
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BQ Aquaris X5 is first Cyanogen phone carried by a network
Consider it a skin. Consider it a better Android. Consider it an offshoot of an offshoot. Any way you look at it, Cyanogen has had its fair share of ups and downs as an independent entity (with some big arms to
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BQ Aquaris X5 is first Cyanogen phone carried by a network
Consider it a skin. Consider it a better Android. Consider it an offshoot of an offshoot. Any way you look at it, Cyanogen has had its fair share of ups and downs as an independent entity (with some big arms to
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Google further spreads Android One love to European customers
Dubbed the poor man’s Nexus program, the Android One initiative was inaugurated roughly a year ago in India, expanding ever since in countries like Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Pakistan and, most recently, Nigeria.Google also made a few timid steps to bring stock Lollipop-running affordable smartphones in Europe, ...
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Ubuntu smartphone finally approaches retail debut
The path to a Ubuntu smartphone has been a long one, beset by many disappointments along the way. The scope of the project feels a bit less grand than it once did, dropping elements like Ubuntu for Android. And efforts by Canonical to deliver its own Ubuntu-running phone fell apart after its crowdfunding effort failed to secure the necessary support. But despite all that, Ubuntu on phones is still happening, and last year we heard ...
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Canonical reveals companies behind first Ubuntu smartphones
Last year’s failed campaign to crowdfund a Canonical-made Ubuntu smartphone left a vacuum of sorts in the company’s plans to present Ubuntu for phones as a viable mobile platform. Sure, we’ve seen the release of installation packages for certain Nexus-series devices, but if this project was ever to get off the ground, it needed some phones of its own. Late last year, Canonical confirmed that one OEM had signed-on to produce Ubuntu handsets, and last month we heard that
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